CCAGW Misreads Mass. Policy, Open Standards Generally

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CCAGW Misreads Mass. Policy, Open Standards Generally

Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 1, 2003 @01:12PM from the amateur-clowns-vs.-professional-clowns dept.

mhrivnak writes "The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste made this press release blasting the Massachusetts policy decision to move to Open Source. They explain why Linux is a 'monopoly,' how this policy is 'socialist' and why 'The old Soviet Union could not have done this any better.' The CCAGW has been previously informed about the benefits of open source software in government. Tell them what you think!" The CCAGW is at least not completely one-dimensional; the group is also opposed to mandatory embedded snoopware. Maybe they don't realize that conventional closed-source software has big costs worth avoiding.

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In Soviet Russia... by aligma · 2003-10-01 13:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

There always seems to be something about Soviet Russia or clusters in the posts lately ... Come on posters, give the Slashdot trolls some credit, they can figure out how to write trolls without your help.
1. Re:In Soviet Russia... by oolon · 2003-10-01 13:25 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Basically being "soviet" I guess is as unamerican as you can get and it fits into the following.
  
  As said by Gandi
  
  First They ignore us
  Next They call us names
  Then they attack us
  Then we win.
  
  So this is a stage two, currently we are on stage 2-3.....
Windows! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-01 13:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Click here.
Rule of Thumb by Nate+B. · 2003-10-01 13:17 · Score: 1, Offtopic

"Intelligence is a constant. The population is increasing."

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"Insanity is doing the same thing over again expecting a different result."
It's not our fault... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-01 13:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

They said Soviet Russia in the article...really, they did!
"Soviet Russia" jokes are not Offtopic in this discussion. After all, they just called linux names.
Re:In Soviet Taxachusetts... by Tisephone · 2003-10-01 13:53 · Score: -1, Offtopic

But in Linux, you could write a script to complete Xfreecell games automatically for you, and run twenty instances in parallel!

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"Neque enim lex est aequior ulla, quam necis artifices arte perire sua."
YUO ARE WRONG AND GHEY AS HELL by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-01 14:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Assume for a moment that fucking you in the ass is a commercial activity. Say for a moment that you say Rob Malda is the only person who can fuck you in the ass. Then you have given Rob Malda a monopoly on your ass. Now, consider that you say you only want black cocks in your ass. Your decision may be moronic, seeing as niggers carry lots of sexually transmitted diseases. But you have not granted a monopoly on fucking you in the ass. See the difference?
Re:The Soviet analogy is preposterous. by Brad+Mace · 2003-10-01 14:34 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Nice work. by far the best use of the soviet russia gag in quite a while.
Re:The group must be a conservative "think" tank.. by azav · 2003-10-01 14:56 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Your sig # 1 speaks to me.

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- Zav - Imagine a Beowulf cluster of insensitive clods...
Re:I agree.. by BoomerSooner · 2003-10-01 15:04 · Score: 0, Offtopic

So hack them. Their SSL implementation has serious flaws. I had to upgrade 2x in one day (because I was behind and the new version came out later on the 30th of Sept) 0.9.7c is the most recent. 0.9.6e is really f'ing old.