Hahaha! Nice try @Phares, fortunately the PC market is not tied to one manufacturer. You will need to try much much harder to get anyone to illict any emotions such as those found on the most propreitary system on earth ( Guess which one? Yes that one that scratches easily  ).  :-)))))

 

But it cannot be compared to the filth that has taken place since almost 15 years now in the software industry. Young programmers from schools and universities abroad are being deceived and lured into anti-corporate views so that their coding can be published as free, but then later used as a proprietary practises when it comes to business. Forget hardware, the real evil is the this, like the Doctor wrote. Shocking that even Linus really reverse engineered the Unix Kernel, did not really do anything innovative:

 

CoderA : few lines  ( inspiration anti-corporate )

CoderB : few lines ( inspiration anti-corporate )

CoderC: few lines ( inspiration anti-corporate )

 

Open to the members of the public to use. No commercial aspect but consumer gain

 

Reverse engineer existing successful softwares, lack of innovation

 

New CoderA: few lines ( ( inspiration anti-corporate )

New CoderB : few lines ( inspiration anti-corporate )

New CodeC: few lines ( inspiration anti-corporate )

 

Open to the members of the public to use. No commercial aspect but consumer gain

 

 

Distant CoderA is a Free-be, looking at making quick money : Looking to create business/market share from others free work ( Takes the work of original CoderA, B,C & New CoderA,B,C ) . Adds a few more lines for it to look different, must ensure he does not share it back because of competition on the same. This is the trap. Now all the code becomes a commerce entity and defates the origin of the entire process.

 

If CoderA,B,C investigated what ever happened to their work and how it is being used, they would sue in most cases. There is evil, and then there is THIS evil.

 

 

Rgds.

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