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Sneaking Open Source Software Through the Front Door

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the son-why-does-my-browser-have-tabs? dept.

the_1000th_Monkey writes "LWN daily pointed out this new project today. It aims to be 'a compilation of high quality open source software (OSS) [that] will be made available as a CD distribution in order to help promote OSS to users of Windows and MacOS.' There are hopes that this would make it easier to encourage universities, OEMS, and your parents/friends to take advantage of this software and eventually bring them over to a completely free system on their own time. Help for suggestions/discussion is being sought." Newsforge is carrying a slightly more in-depth look at this project. Anyone care to design some attractive, downloadable CD-graphic images?

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  1. That is how I was converted. by sinserve · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    A beautiful, perky redhead approached me while I was sitting at a bar.

    "Come" she said, I will show you the way of the mozilla. A walk in the dark
    roads of venice (venice NY that is) I ended up in her small college dorm.

    A poorly decorated place, with hux dumps and goatse's hanging on the wall.

    I assumed my right place as an slave, and wore my ball gag. In a split of a second,
    I was tied up on the coach, given an slashdot user name, and made into to a BAD, BAD
    boy.

    Free software needs to ship with free blow jobs, if it wants to get market share.

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  2. I have an idea... by af_robot · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    about attractive CD-graphic image..
    Just put naked Britney on it and all teenagers whould be yours..
    :)

  3. Re:Didn't this fail before? by Steven+Q.+Woston · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    cdrom.com failed to succeed because they FAILED to sell my best-selling games

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    Steven Q. Woston
    Lead Programmer, J-J-J-Julius Games
    Author of a considerable number of best-selling ga
  4. Re:Hey! I resemble that remark! by dmarien · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    faggot!

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    dmarien