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"Well, if you want to spend the rest of your life to work for a college dropout who does not know any programming beyond BASIC, that's your choice." I felt offended. I made a dreadful effort to control myself and fought for words. .......... Shrugging his shoulder, he shot back: "Well said. I have my mission and I seek my destiny. Some people like to put their destiny on others' hands but I like to control mine. To live a life dictated by the policy set by a few people who abused and misused their power from time to time is not really a life. .... It is the urge of this freedom that drives me to take the difficult route. God prepares abundance for all of us and all of us can live with dignity and be rich. I am not saying that my choice is better than yours but this is my choice and my reality." .......... I took another deep breath and sat on a bench. The noise disappeared in my mind as the fast bouncing balls did from my closed eyes. Some of Linux Fan's arguments began to echo in my mind and now I had more time to analyze them. "The one who owns gold sets the rule of gold," I recalled what Linux Fan said. A few years later, the development of the Internet would provide ample evidence of the truth of his claim. Disney and other media company like Time Warner would have successfully lobbied the legislation of the Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) that would extend the term for copyright protection for 20 years to 95 years so that Mickey Mouse would not become part of the public domain in 2004. Napster would have lost its lawsuit despite its ingenuity of defense. Amazon and Priceline would have patented the "one-click-button" and "name your button" business methods that are something a little more than trivial. .......... |