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Software Choice Group Tells DOD Not to Use Open Source
ducomputergeek writes "A group calling themselves the Initiative for Software Choice, backed by Microsoft and others, is recommending that the DOD drop plans for further adoption of Open Source software. This comes after MITRE, a defense contractor, published a report stating that not only does the Department of Defense use opensource, but is recommend on using it more. The article is at News.com and you can read it here."
In other news, Microsoft reports that it has purchased the rights to the next edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Among the changes expected to appear in this edition, the word "choice" will henceforth be defined as "the act of giving Microsoft more money, esp. against one's better judgment."
A group backed by corporations with their own interests says their biggest threat is not a good choice.
In other news, a group called "The Darkened Lung Group" (backed by R.J. Reynolds and Phillip Morris) are saying that smoking isn't that bad for you and it's not really addictive.
Sound waves should be free!
Minipax unuse openful computerwrite. Refs uncommercialism. Doubleplus ungood.
--The grammar police.
... And I am grateful for the Microsoft marketdroids, for spewing such ridiculous, transparent FUD.
;)
The more they do this, the more exposure Open Source gains, and the more people are going to stop buying Microsoft products.
Seriously, though, imagine a PHB in those difficult times: you have to do more with less $$$. And right there and then, comes this PR FUD from Microsoft, saying: "Stop using this cheap Open Source! It's BAD for your health and for the environment!!".
PHB brain, of course, only registers the word cheap. He immediately goes to his techies and says: "Linux is cheap!! Start using it NOW to save money!".
*Collective sighs of relief from said techies*
Let us all give thanks for Microsoft Marketing, and for the FUD for which it stands. With upgrade paths and expensive licenses for all.
Amen.
(Yes, I am being sarcastic, people. Go back to your turkeys instead of pointing these flamethrowers at me now...)
The right to offend is far more important than the right not to be offended. (Rowan Atkinson)
Strange,
;-)
I thought the warez group Drink Or Die already used Open Source software to distribute their stuff...
On Windows box I honestly don't know. If you could FTP (in binary mode!) to a *NIX box, you could just "md5 filename"
Sorry, my Windows skills are limited to playing games.
Personally, I'd resubmit the story; they repeat stories that ran just a day before, your odds of getting approved are pretty good, eh?
Trolling is a art,
"congressional norms"
now that's a classy oxymoron..
Hokey statistics and ancient misconceptions are no match for a good thought in your head, kid!
Hey, be fair now. The Institute for Software Choice offers a much broader selection than just three versions of Windows (two of which are out of fashion):
- XP Home
- XP Pro
- XP Embedded
- XP Media Center
- XP Tablet PC
- .Net Server
- PocketPC
See? Isn't that enough choice for anybody?