Talkback about flame wars being substitute for capitalistic cutthroat competition

The talkback
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/top_4_internet_flame_wars_
+around_free_software#comment-76576
of an article about four famous Free Software related religious wars -
has, among other things, the following passage (quoted out of context):
"these debates (for want of a better word) propel the FSF Community
towards greater heights, replacing, in effect, competition between
companies"

This is an interesting thought.


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