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"2.7 Nationality, Residence, and Mobility Patterns of OS/FS Developers
71% of the OS/FS developers in the sample stem from EU-countries, while 13% come from North America (USA and Canada), and another 17% from other countries in Europe and all over the world."

Oh come on, we all know FOSS isn't good software. The OP was obviously referring to quality software like BonziBuddy and Gator.

"Who's talking about piracy?"

I'd have thought that was pretty obvious from the title of your post! "Call me when everything is legit on Linux"

If it ain't legit, then it must be pirated, no?

And 99% of "good" software and hardware originates from America does it? You're delusional. Please try to open your mind to the fact that there is a big wide world beyond US borders.

As for what MY country has added to computing and technical science, a few examples should suffice for the sake of argument. Ever heard of a little piece of software called Samba - initially developed by Andrew Tridgell at the Australian National University in 1992

Xerox Photocopying - the technology behind xerography was developed at The University of Sydney.

Electronic Pacemaker - the heart pacemaker was developed at Sydney's Crown Street Women's Hospital in 1926

Black Box Flight Recorder - this famous device was invented in 1958 by Dr David Warren at the Aeronautical Research Laboratories in Melbourne.

The Bionic Ear- the cochlear implant was invented by a team led by Professor Graeme Clark at The University of Melbourne

Moldflow software - Between 1970 and 1978 Colin Austin developed software that allowed computer simulation of the injection moulding process.

Not to mention Scramjet engines, refrigeration..etc. etc...

Get a clue.

Americans! Next they'll try and tell us they invented vegemite and wrote waltzing matilda

"99% of all the good software and hardware originates from America"

There's only one reply possible: bullshit.
No doubt a lot of software (some good, much crap) originates from America but it's nowhere near 99%.
Welcome to the world, it is a lot bigger than Shitsville, USA.
On second thought, this post isn't even worthy of a reply.

I am American and I swear, one idiot from America makes a dumb comment and the rest of the world thinks we are all like that.

I don't think all Hispanics are stupid when I hear one say something stupid, or Germans, or French or whomever.

I am really getting fed up with the anti American vibe on this site.

When I hear "Shitville, USA", to me that shows an incredible disdain for a country that you most likely have never been to or experienced.

Yes, some of our laws suck, but it seems that by many we are looked upon at a level lower then china or north korea where where the governments allow their own people to be exploited by massive coorporations to an extreme that almost borders on slavery.


Sorry, I know much of this was off topic, but this is really getting old. I love this site, but when people show intense anger towards Americans (ie "shitville America") just simply for the fact that our laws are different and somebody from here (America) happens to post about those laws.

Do you not post from where you are at?....... I am an American, and we will post about the laws that apply to me just as you post according to the laws that apply to you.

Edited 2007-08-29 08:49

99% of all the good software and hardware originates from America so I really don't see what YOUR country has contributed to computing science?

99% of my hardware is made in Ireland or Taiwan, I suspect its exactly the same for you; it definately will be for anyone else in Europe.

I see a lot of "Made in Malaysia" and "Made in China" on mine.

And some of the best programmers these days are found in India - Microsoft has outsourced a huge amount of its R&D to India.