Mr Snuffles, Cleo, Koko, Tester Number 9...

Sooo, To understand the basics here...
Monty wants to keep the internet free, and that is somehow connected to his old, crappy product being "freed" from the rightful owner. Uhuh, riiiiight.

I read the tripe of a blog-entry, and I am disgusted. This man seems to write as bad as he codes. Aside from quite healthy competition, PostgreSQL comes to mind. Especially the feature of stored procedures (don't bitch, I am sure they included that after Monty sold it.)

First and foremost, I need to point out the painfully obvious:
The Infrastructure of the Internet is NOT free. The pipes are owned by companies, and they can rightfully charge for the usage. No second-rate celebunerd can change that. You have to be be BONO to be recognized beyond a casual /. entry, and even the glorious Number 2 (southpark reference) has problems with his logic on property rights (when it suits his coffers).

To add to that, Oracle, in all their evil splendor, has the complete right, if it owns SUN, to modify, improve, abolish any and all property that came with the purchase. Who knows, maybe they will turn MySQL into something usable by serious programmers! Oh, wait, they HAVE a product, closed source, that has been established to work for decades, and that profitable companies pay good money for when it comes to managing data... I am shocked and awed!

I know this is a very difficult thing to understand for you young freetards out there: Stuff costs money. Things and services. Like iPods, cleaning cars, using the turnpike, going to the pool, beer, hookers, and other fun stuff.

And again, why is there no concerted effort to produce a GOOD product? MySQL can go away tomorrow and no one will give a flying rat's ass. Your SQL statements will still work, and all those young PHP coders will flock to competitors that suits their freetard mentality.

Maybe someone can explain to me that whole FREE mentality. Somehow, everything has to be free if you WANT it. And then what? The pattern keeps emerging that those pining for the FREE fjords fail to differentiate other people's work from theirs. Others should provide free tools, free software, free this free that. But somehow, they want to charge for the result of using said tools.
That, Gentlemen (and those high regarded few Ladies), is the problem here.

I call Monty in reference to a Family Guy episode: HE IS A BIG FAT PHONY
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... Now, keep sending those letters.

I would like to point out (and draw flack for) the obvious: The promise of the current administration, the huge advertising campeign, the on-the-record touting and sweet nothings about its OWN TRANSPARENCY! Where is it???

I see NO transparency or open records with our government. As of this writing and senseless back and forth about some flame-bait stale news-musings, the united states congress is cramming some senseless bill up the people's collective behind, with proven numbers of public opposition. To make things worse, the senate bill is rewritten and will not be available to the public until it is too late to react. I will predict a christmas morning package of a newly transcribed Reid bill.

I do not care what you vote for, and it doesn't matter what I prefer, I am just pissed that the US government, paid for 100% by our money, can NOT show any transparency, yet, asks others to disclose highly confidential data?

I WOULD like to see AIG laying out a few records, but let us start small, with the inmates that run this asylum.

The problem with proving a negative should be known to /. Besides that, read the FEDERALIST PAPERS and the minutes of the constitutional convention. It answers your questions in perverse detail. The founding fathers pretty much disliked DEMOCRACY, which is why you will not find it in the constitution. Democracy is the gateway drug to socialism, because it usually means over-riding personal rights in favor of fairness... a concept that disregards rules and laws. So there, i gaves you a hint... now go an look up the details yourself, we just CAN NOT make it easier for you. You are welcome.

... how it will end, Ladies and Gentlemen. Not with a bang, but with laws by governments. Thoughtcrimes, imposed morals... let the fun begin.