Re: Linux on Walmart's systemless computers
Nathan E Norman <nnorman@micromuse.com> writes:
> On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 07:49:38PM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote:
> > begin Paul 'Baloo' Johnson quotation:
> > > > Does the system on which you're reading this have an Intel processor?
> > >
> > > No, but they're not the evil empire.
> >
> > At least as much as Wal-Mart is. And, like Wal-Mart, they have a
> > quality product that a lot of people want. In my old home town in
> > Oklahoma, they were the best grocery store in town, and the ONLY 24-hour
> > place to buy computer equipment.
> >
> > But my point wasn't that Wal-Mart is good, or that Intel is bad; my
> > point was that one shouldn't berate someone else for doing business with
> > one evil conglomerate while one is doing business with another.
> >
> > You aren't doing business with the particular example I picked, but I
> > bet I could find one pretty easily if anybody cared enough for me to
> > bother. I won't, because the point is made without it.
>
> I must disagree with you drawing any parallel between Intel and
> Wal-Mart. It's worse than comparing apples and oranges ... at least
> those are both fruit.
>
> Intel is an American company, selling goods designed by Americans and
> made in America. Intel is not hurting small mom-and-pop operations
> all over the country as they sell their product.
Oh yeah? Then will does your Intel chip likely say it was assembled in
Malaysia or Costa Rica? And how many of Intel's engineers are actually
American?
*Every* large American corporation outsources their manufacturing plants
to 3rd world sweatshops. Intel, Walmart, Nike, Gap, GM... they're all
the same.
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Brian Nelson <nelson@bignachos.com>
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