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Toronto Open Source Conference Report

derrickoswald writes "Today's Ottawa Citizen is running a report in the TechWeekly section on the recent open source conference in Toronto organized by U of T's interdisciplinary Knowledge Media Design Institute and last month's Real World Linux trade show. It highlights the extremely poor Extremadura region of Spain's success story using open source to bootstrap themselves technologically. Quotes from FOSS luminaries include: 'Who controls the software, controls life. Well, it had better us. That's the real political meaning of the free software movement,' said Eben Moglen. Open source 'was the default way you built Internet Infrastructure. You wrote code and released it without trying to commercialize and monetize it,' said Brian Behldendorf." Newsforge (also part of OSDN) has a series of reports on the conference: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3.

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  1. gnaa niggers by Melvin+Daniels · · Score: -1, Troll

    niggers gnaa

    it makes sense

  2. Toronto SUCKS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You will either get knifed by a Caribana reveller, or die from SARS. Stay the HELL away from the hellhole known as Toronto...

  3. Hello, happy friends! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    Hello, my name is Xiang, a resdent of China. I cannot use last name the goverment watch us and will put me in camp if they find me writing this.

    China government make Open source software illegal. It say causes bad thinks among China people. My friend Chiang was caught with Open source software and put in labor camp.

    I miss Chiang

    In fact dr. Yu-Yee, famos scientis say that Chinese people need more Open source software. he was found by goverment and put in camp like Chiang. I wonder if it same camp as Chiang. they can maybe I be in camp together making happy electronoc for western people. be happy! maybe your mouse or keyboard made by dr Yu-Yee or Chiang.

    I miss Chiang.

    dr Yu-Yee miss to but not as much as Chiang. He and me would go hunt duck with stones! Not hit many but still hunting. In fact we hit no duck, but still call it hunting! One time Chiang throw rock at duck and it hit tree and bounce and hit Chiang in face! hahaha!

    I miss Chiang.

    then goverment worker from Ministry of Rocks see us and chase us! we got away but good thing or we be in camp for 3 year for Rock Abuse Re-education. Maybe that where Chiang is in camp for.. maybe not for wanting Open source software.

    I miss Chiang.



    PS: excuse my english, not normal language to me.

    - Xiang

  4. GNAA ANNOUNCES NICK BERG T-SHIRT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Gay Nigger Association of America, in support of Iraq have comissioned a new t-shirt featuring the head of the now deceased oppressor "Nick Berg"

    order yours today

  5. Re:Off Topic but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    MS has been one of slashdot's biggest advertisers since the sellout.

  6. Solution to the GNAA problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Facts:

    1. The GNAA is not comprised of black homosexual males
    2. The GNAA are a bunch of miserable, scrawny, pimply faced teen-aged white boys living in their parent's homes. They WISH they had a life.
    3. The GNAA are not funny
    4. The GNAA are not clever
    5. The GNAA ARE racists
    6. The GNAA need to shut the fuck up now
    7. The GNAA are the way that they are because they all have VERY TINY cocks

    Solution:
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  7. Shitizen is a crappy paper! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Ottawa Shitizen is a crappy newspaper at the best of times, but it still beats the VERY biased Ottawa Sun!

  8. Re:Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Sir, unlike your facts, the GNAA members are all straight.

    You really are idiots aren't you? First you call yourselves the G.N.A.A. Which expands to the "Gay Ni**er Association of America". The name implies that you believe yourselves to be GAY (ie. homosexual), Ni**ers (ie. Black), that you are an Association (club or group of people with like minds), and that you are Americans (People who live in the Americas). However, through your various troll posts, it is clear that you are not GAY. You are not Black. You are certainly a group, but I question whether you have minds at all. And there is no way to validate that you are Americans.

    Now you claim that the GNAA members are straight? WTF?!!! How can you be GAY and STRAIGHT at the same time? This is not possible. It is more likely that you are stupid mother fuckers with nothing better to do than try and troll Slashdot all day. To which I respond, take your shit somewhere offline and try it. I want to hear about you assholes getting the shit beat out of yo u in the news. It's a shame that you all are hung like acorn caps, but hey, I gave you an option. Get the JES Extender and you MIGHT improve your attitudes. Of course you also need to grow spines and a brain as well.

  9. Re:Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    How can you be GAY and STRAIGHT at the same time? This is not possible.

    It's only gay if you use a condom.

    Propz to tha GNAA!

  10. Re:Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're a a bunch of fucking ass munchers. Post your real life address here and I'll come and bash your fucking skull in!!!! Mother fuckers! Go get that dick lengthener,god knows you need it you shit eating sons of bitches!!!!

  11. Re:Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fucking rednecks.

  12. Re:Response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The NON-GAY GNAA needs to be decimated now!!!! I am the founder of the Truth Liberation Association (TLA) and I am issuing a call to arms for all people who are opposed to the idiots who continue to post the GNAA trolls!!! Your number is up fools! We will destroy you and make certain that you will NEVER have anywhere to go where you aren't in grave danger! We are sickened and disgusted by your displays of idiocy and bigotry!!!!!! No ore will you be able to get first posts!!! No more will you be able to pot your worthless driver that is meant to offend! When we find you, we are going to cut off your hands so that you may no longer type. We are going to remove your tongues so that you may not use speech recognition software. We are going to pluck out your eyes because they do indeed offend US!! What say we have a little flashmob and see who is willing to actually stand up. The TLA will be there. Just name the date, time and place. You have been warned. Fucking redneck idiots. And if you are from the Netherlands, then we will cream your white heinies. Fucking aryan racist fucks!