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Old 5th June 2014
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Swen Tnavelerri
 
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Thirdm ...
Argument by analogy seldom works well. You can mod a bicycle with a blow torch. Not so much in software. A common analogy is selling a car with the hood welded down. A closer analogy might be selling cars with computers so integrated that to fix them you need the specs of those computers. See the debate over Right to Repair laws for very similar arguments to the free software arguments.
Hmmm ... blow torch mods. I'll have to mull that over. I think in a system with strong competition, you might just buy a bicycle that doesn't require the blow torch mod. You're right though, analogies often fail their intended purpose.
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