Re: the free software paradigm

"Duncan Rose" <duncan.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
It's not possible for *everybody* to make a profit. Somebody, somewhere,
has to pay (or do) and make a *loss* (perform a service or sell goods for
'less than they're worth') in order for the economy to work.

Thomas Lindgren <***********@*****.***> wrote on Sun, 23 Jul 2006:
No, no, no. Not at all. The very basis of trading goods is that both
parties do it willingly, in order to be better off. Your profit does
not imply my loss.

Yeah, that paragraph of Duncan's caught my eye too. A little economic
education would seem to be required. Wealth actually increases over time.
Economics is not a zero-sum game.

-- Don
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When the chairman introduced the guest speaker as a former illegal alien, I got
up from my chair and yelled, "What's the matter, no jobs on Mars?" When no one
laughed, I was real embarrassed. I don't think people should make you feel
that way. -- Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey [SNL]
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