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Get Listed Free In Gov't Open Source Directory

Posted by michael on from the let-your-fingers-do-the-walking dept.

BanJoota writes "Probably most useful for U.S. people, but sounds like a good deal. The story (at Newsforge) says you can list your Open Source business, non-profit group or Open Source project or whatever for free in a 'Who's Who and Who's Doing What in Open Source' book that's being distributed to government agencies on March 15. The deadline's March 1, so better act fast." Newsforge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN. Remember to keep your write-up suitable for pointy-headed managers...

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  1. Re:What a convenient guide! by irokitt · · Score: 4, Funny

    "This Stallman guy appears to be a Red agitator..."

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  2. Old Fogey by Hal+The+Computer · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We see from your dossier you're a Terrorist Mr. Stallman"

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  3. Are you sure? by Whatthehellever · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you sure you want to be listed in a directory like this? Who knows what SCO could do with such as list.

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    1. Re:Are you sure? by HeLLLight · · Score: 2, Funny

      Tell the truth I wouldn't be surprised. The tatics of SCO have never being logical so I seriouslly wouldnt put it past them to look up this directory and pull random names and add them to thier "Lets sue" lists.

  4. If I were Fyodor... by stevens · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... I would submit:

    Software name: nmap
    Section: terrorist tools
    Purpose: Enables evildoers to do evil (and OS detection).

    1. Re:If I were Fyodor... by s.d. · · Score: 3, Funny

      Purpose: Enables evildoers to do evil (and OS detection).

      should be...

      Purpose: Hacking the Matrix

  5. Pointy headed? by hendridm · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Remember to keep your write-up suitable for pointy-headed managers...

    Did Beldar quit his TV repair gig and move up the ranks at Dilbert Co.?

  6. Yeap and... by KLP-2002 · · Score: 3, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, the government lists YOU in a directory!

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  7. Stallman? it's mozilla I'm worried about! by H4x0r+Jim+Duggan · · Score: 5, Funny

    C'mon, if any of the "free software" communist bloc are "Red agitators", it must be the Mozilla devs.

    The start by adopting a red five-point star as their icon, and then they release a latest and greatest which is named after a Soviet fighter plane (firefox)?

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    1. Re:Stallman? it's mozilla I'm worried about! by offpath3 · · Score: 4, Funny
      C'mon, if any of the "free software" communist bloc are "Red agitators", it must be the Mozilla devs.

      Don't you mean "red alligators"? =)

    2. Re:Stallman? it's mozilla I'm worried about! by mcpkaaos · · Score: 4, Funny

      I used Firefox, until that bastard Clint Eastwood broke into my living room and ran off with my laptop.

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    3. Re:Stallman? it's mozilla I'm worried about! by 0x0d0a · · Score: 2, Funny

      Naw, they're just Satanists. They have the secret Book of Mozilla thing (*still* in Firefox), and their logos show a decided taste for giant flaming creatures looming over the globe. :-)

      Heck, if you add in Carmack and all his Satanic symbols, the OSS world is really in deep shit with the religious right. ;-)

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  8. pointy-headed managers? by Mantorp · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was wondering why I haven't seen the Coneheads on SNL lately.

  9. Re:What a convenient guide! by TheLinuxSRC · · Score: 2, Funny

    The tin-foil hat brigade may want to bear in mind that Ashcroft, Tenet, Rumsfeld etc. may also take an interest in "Who's Who and Who's Doing What in Open Source" ;-)

    I am not worried about them. What about SCO????

  10. Wow.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Posting it 2 hours before the deadline... way to get listed.

  11. As always.... by linuxrunner · · Score: 5, Funny

    Story Posted On:
    Sunday February 29, @09:54PM

    Dealine:
    March 1st

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    Slashdot, your source for timely news.

    And for all you people who only read slashdot at work.... neener neener neener.... :P

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  12. Re:What a convenient guide! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fuck that, the Government can RTFM like the rest of us have to.

    Seriously!

  13. Meanwhile at the conference... by TechnologyX · · Score: 5, Funny

    Daryl McBride stands up with a copy of the book in his hand in front of the conference:
    "As you can see, this is a list of projects that have illegally stolen SCO code and are currently using it to invite terrorism into the US."

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  14. Re:I assure you this: Open Source is respected by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Doesn't Chimera use the Mozilla rendering engine?"

    People like UIs, not just rendering engines.

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