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theologians..?

In Reply to: It must bug the pro-capitalist theologians.. posted by bill on October 20, 1999 at 14:04:58:

Theologians are people well versed in theology, or in divinity. Strange mixture, not some cheap jibe at suggesting someone who is pro-free market must be doing so based upon faith? A common ploy, but it may offend people who have religious faith with regard to an actual religion - and some of these people are self described socialists.

: ...to hear about the merits of Linux, GNU, and other free software projects that are Superior to the commercial, profit incentive driven, variants like Microsoft windows.

Well, I'm often portrayed here as resident evil-capitalist-pig and I think the above systems are great, more choice for people with specific needs that can be met by the above, more evidence of individuals creative intelligence.

Its their design, their effort - its up to them to decide whether or not to request some particular value in return. Up to them.

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