Comments on: EC Theme: Government Should Not Be Involved.

By: Robert E. Darling

Robert E. Darling — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:38:41 +0000

I am 65 years of age and I have greatly admired the accomplishments of individuals involved in technology of any kind. I spent 36 years as a Medical Technologist registered with the American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP). I guess you could say technology has been my life. I have seen the gains and advantages of level field competition and I have seen the mud and slow down when someone is trying to shove it down your throat. My current fear of loosing the freedoms to compete will come from our new president of the United States. I am feeling that he will allow competition as long as the government is in charge and will get their share of the gains. (their share is 0) I have never been as terrified of a nations government as I am now with our own.

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By: Asa Dotzler

Asa Dotzler — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:42:18 +0000

“People like Mozilla because they appear to be independent, appear to be “above” the unseemly fight of the clumsy giants.”

Lang, you should be more careful about claiming to know what “people” like about Mozilla. There are 250-300 million of those people in the world today and I doubt that you’ve got any special insight into what they all like.

It would be completely reasonable for you to speak for yourself, and maybe even some small group of people you associate with, but it’s pretty arrogant to pretend to speak for hundreds of millions.

By: Iang

Iang — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:21:40 +0000

On this: “2. Mozilla should not get involved with the EC.”

2.a the first para is easily dismissed. Hopefully.

2.b the second para: sure, it is good to see what is happening. Your challenge is to follow events and perhaps provide perspective without being biased, and/or as importantly, without being seen to be biased. Given your statements here endorsing the results of anti-trust investigations, that’s looking like a tough challenge.

2.c Third para: whether Microsoft has done anything illegal. This is the jurisdiction of the EC, not Mozilla, and is not a reason for Mozilla to “get involved.” It more properly belongs in point 1.

It appears that significant bias is building up or being revealed. Maybe this is a foregone conclusion, maybe there is a skeleton in the closet, and Mozilla has no choice, it is already involved. It can happen, I know.

However, the danger of having picked a side is now apparent. The challenge is how to sit on one side, and stick to the manifesto. Nothing in the manifesto suggests to me that we ally ourselves with big players, or against other big players. People like Mozilla because they appear to be independent, appear to be “above” the unseemly fight of the clumsy giants.

By: Iang

Iang — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:20:31 +0000

On your post, point 1: This is “whatever.” The state of the world pertains, and it is reasonable for Mozilla to have an understanding of how anti-trust effects it. That isn’t a reason to participate.