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 > > > But the original question is if the means is > > > system wide, can they assert ownership of means. > > > > "Can" or "should"? If it's a private system, > > there would be no problem in either sense ... > > Or what is the extent of the *system*? Yes, the bigger systems must not be viewed as "private". That's as true of intellectual or social ecologies as biological ones: when they're so big they include the observer, there can be no "outside". > Shirkey's > claims are that MS wants to control "the ontology > of life on the Internet" which isn't exactly a private > system. I thought _that_ was the original issue, actually. Nobody really objects to one company controlling a small and isolated chunk of the world, such as their own Intranet. Choosing MS techology to do so might be reasonable in some cases. What's a problem is when people cease to have realistic alternatives ... or similarly, when the system is no longer small/isolated. It's crossed a qualitative boundary and ceases being a true private resource. Similar logic applies to all public resources, such as public transport or the power grid. (Or the Internet.) Granting private entities too much control over public resources is exactly analagous to ensuring that tails can indeed wag dogs. - Dave 
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