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Your Tax Dollars Buying Open Source Software
Roblimo has a story over at NewsForge about DevIS, a software company that relies on Free and open source software to not just weather but actually do well in the current software economy. Part of the reason may be that the company doesn't preach software philosophy; they just find that combining well-tested (and mostly GPL'd) software tools is the path of least resistance when it comes to building Internet applications. Most of their work is for the Federal government; always nice to see public dollars supporting public software. Can anyone point out other good examples of similar businesses?
Groupthink and its related moderation abuse is killing Slashdot's public commentary system! Taco's made it worse with the percentage-based mod reports, which hide editorial and user modabuse even more! Please act now!!
Offtopic or Overrated would be appropriate, but Troll? More abuse from the mods.
Now this is Offtopic, so have at it.
I come from Italy to make-a for you a nice web-a page and you slashdot my nice web page. Oooh, you make-a me so angry, slashdot, I want to shove a pizza pie in your heiney hole!
I keep all my public toilets well documented! I have detailed files!
The most corrupt part of the government is of the "Federal Government."
Go research the 1867 Constitution of the United States of America as received by the Colorado Recorder's Archive. See a difference between your constitution and Colorado's? Today, the 14th Ammendment (unlawfuly ratified) dictates that you are a citizen of the United States by contract and your rights may be revoked (enumerated as United States citizen). What were we before the 14th Ammendment? Yes, that's right, our rights were unalienable::not revokable, nor able to be abridged. The 14th Ammendment was not written by Abraham Lincoln and neither was Lincoln planning on the manumission of slaves; Lincoln emancipated the slaves (transfered them to a new master).
The Federal brank of the United States (LLC) tricks you into received federal benefits (Social Security) and your personage is employed by them and by contract you agree to have your 14th Ammednment (alienable rights) abridged further. And so concludes, I recommend nobody makes any agreements, neither volunteer your software or time, to a government that is not by the people and for the people.
Richard M. Stallman and Eric S. Raymond agree with me on this fact. Once government gets its foot stuck in the door of free software, you will find yourself a perpetual slave, forever a secured asset and interest, of the Federal Government: remember, the United States is a bank and its Federal branch is currently battling to keep its charter as an outsourced bank.
Kudos.
that's right, I'm back. Thank you very much/
Can I have my tax dollars back?
"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face, it's just a goddamned piece of paper!" - George W. Bush Nov. 2005