On 7 December 2010 02:42, Joe Barnett <joe.barnett@mr72.com> wrote:
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> On 12/5/10 5:11 PM, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote:
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>> if nothing else think about the charges they put on every transaction: you
sell something on ebay, they charge you; you process their payment through
paypal (ebay) they charge you again. they're clearly ripping us all us all off
- fact! and to top it all of the charges have become extortionate.
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> Perhaps everything should just be (lowercase) free?  No charge ever
> for anything.  Heck, if that is how it worked, then this entire

I think the main point was the double charging.  eBay owns PayPal.


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> selective outrage.  Speaking of that outrage, I think it would be
> great if he put his money where his mouth is and not accept US
> dollars in support of OpenBSD... but I am not holding my breath).

From what has been said in the past, most donation money comes from
end user pockets and not big business or governments.  So the project
should snub US citizen donations because their government is corrupt?
All peoples under an unethical government should be treated as if
their governments secretive actions are all their fault?  I'd view
many US citizens as victims of that same government and given their
liberties deprived since 9/11, those who might get most benefit from
OpenBSD ought to be able to give back.

Theo did however protest US aggression, even while $2M of US fund
money was feeding the project.  Thankfully most of that cruise
missiles worth got used before it could be taken back.


Shane