Free Software As Nigerian Scam

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 4, 2003 @03:57PM from the this-is-satire-right dept.

djeaux writes "In the November 4 issue of Syllabus, Howard Strauss, manager of technology strategy and outreach at Princeton University, presents 'The FREE, 0% APR, Better Sex, No Effort Diet' in which he scattershoots at open source software. The Nigerian scam is part of his imagery, leading to a great quote: 'While you are installing your free open source software you may want to write Mrs. Ahmed a check. Her $8.5 million will help pay for the real cost of that free software.' Elsewhere, Strauss describes the open source community as 'a smattering of teenagers too young to work at Redmond, hackers, virus creators, and a menagerie of others with whom you will feel great pride in entrusting your IT infrastructure.'" Not everyone at Princeton agrees.

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whoah, don't tell anyone.... by Malor · 2003-11-04 16:07 · Score: 1, Redundant

Wow. I guess 2/3 of the Web *IS* wrong. I'm sorry, Microsoft. I should have listened.
Weenie's page by jayrtfm · 2003-11-04 16:28 · Score: 0, Redundant

this page has Howard Strauss's email address
Re:I let this particular parody get to me .... by Monkelectric · 2003-11-04 17:42 · Score: 0, Redundant

Why dont you do what I did, email him: howard@Princeton.EDU.
Or if you'd prefer to leave him a message (he's out of his office until the 7th) "Contact Lee Varian (lvarian@princeton.edu) or Sally Van Fleet (sallyv@princeton.edu (609)258-2908)"

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