Paddy Ryan

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since April 25, 2001

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April 25, 2001, on ArsDigita: From Start-Up to Bust-Up:
I would like to wish you good luck in the upcoming legal wrangle. In my opinion, you are dealing with egotistical bullies who are incapable of understanding or accepting the cluelessness of what they are doing. They are damaging themselves financially, but are clearly prepared to bite off their own nose to spite their face. This kind of behaviour, which is not untypical in the world of business and high finance, is hopefully a transient blip in the development of humanity. The sooner this kind of thinking is consigned to the dustbin of history where it belongs, the better. The values which you and indeed the open source community espouse constitute a positive step forward and indeed make good commercial sense for humanity as a whole. The entrenched conservative forces of power and money only win at the expense of others. They will not let go without a fight but there are alternative ways for people to do business which create win-win situations. The open source community are leadi...