'Think Tank' Issues Microsoft-Funded Troll

dlur (among many others) writes: "According to this ZDNet article, a Washington think tank known as the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution is soon to release a study stating that Open Source Software allows terrorists an easy time hacking into our systems. It's little suprise that this group takes money from Microsoft." The Register's story is good too. All the whoring reports in the world won't make open source any less secure. This same institute backed destabilizing, unworkable '80s missile defense and thinks Alexis de Tocqueville would have wanted the V-22 Osprey deathplane. Also, see what their coin-operated policy dispenser spat out for internet privacy (eat what you're fed) and antitrust (advantage of Microsoft monopoly: "manufacturers of computer hardware need to provide only one driver"). We weren't going to run this, but there were a lot of submissions, so ...

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Hmm..

[FunkSoulBrother]

>i>from the insitute-and-prostitute-share-a-lot-of-letters dept.

They share even more letters if you spell institute correctly.

In fact, Open Source is SO insecure...

[dimator]

... that we run it on our OWN damn servers:

$ httptype www.adti.net
Rapidsite/Apa/1.3.20 (Unix) FrontPage/4.0.4.3 mod_ssl/2.8.4 OpenSSL/0.9.6


Who wants to place bets as to when Microsoft learns of this, and promptly switches their systems?

SPAM THEM!!!

[inerte]

Yes, like geeks, we must use the tools we have.

From: 8axxx0r l33t
Subject: DESTROY PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE
Message:

First Post!

Heya! Did you know Bill Gates' ASCII code number is 666? That he is the root of all evil?

That there's an alternative to monopoly? And it's FREE (note: as in freedom AND as in beer).

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Re:Where's the Evidence?

[Col. Klink (retired)]

They claim that MCSE's are more useful than a college degree. If they AREN'T taking money from MicroSoft, then they're dumber than I thought.

Re:Here's the solution....

[Hard_Code]

"So far NSA's advocacy has been used to let me get away with all kinds of open source implementation."

Perfect comrade! Next, send me the list of usernames and passw^W^W^W I mean, send me some completely arbitrary pornographic images for no apparent reason. Also, good idea to post here...nobody will ever discover our s3kr3t plan, nobody takes these Slashdotters seriously! (also, we have successfully planted agent code-name "Tom Ridge" high in the executive branch) Muahahaha!