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When Think Tanks Attack
x1048576 writes "The Alexis de Tocqueville Institution is only one of a dozen different think tanks that have attacked Open Source. Why are all these think tanks so down on Open Source? Well, the Small Business Survival Committee is concerned that using open source will expose small business to the risk of lawsuits. Citizens Against Government Waste is concerned that the government might waste money on Open Source. Defenders of Property Rights is concerned that Open Source might be a threat to intellectual property rights. However, I was able to detect a common theme to all their criticism. They all seem to be funded by Microsoft."
RTFA! Hah - didn't even finish reading the story, idiot!
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I don't think that both sides are being shown here.
There's this one group that has a bunch of far-left open source freaks tossing money its way and has some 60s throwback wearing 80s close running it!
Oh yeah. You think these groups are bad, follow the money that goes into The GNU Foundation. Total agenda my friends, total agenda. I hear they even have the guy who runs Linux itself behind it. At least I've never heard of Bill Gates directly in cahoots with anybody.
Psst, rumor has it that GNU has a politician in their pockets. Yeah, big sympathetic. Goes by the name of Dennis Kusinich. Word has it that GNU might even help him steal the election...
Until Slashdot fixes the funny modifier, use insightful or interesting. The poster knows your intentions.
How many hours does he have to work to pay for his computer ?
The fact is the average malaysian worker can't afford a computer or a car. So who cares if he can't buy the OS for a computer he can't afford ?
The free OS bullshit people, that's who. You are doing the same thing as those you are denunciating.
"In their opinion, open source development should be best left to companies that develop software"
And that would be different... how?
Most of the OSS work _is_ done by companies. If you look at who contributes to the kernel, GCC, various other stuff, there's one helluva lot of people with email addresses from IBM, Intel, Red Hat, SuSE, Sun, etc. Or who acknowledge being funded by a company. (E.g., ReiserFS is sponsored by SuSE.)
The whole thing is one big FUD and astroturfing game between corporations.
In that corner you have MS, with its funded think-tanks trying to sell one illusion.
In the other corner, you have a bunch of corporations pissed off at Microsoft, pitching their funds into hopefully hurting Microsoft. And actively promoting their own FUD and lies. Including the myth that Linux somehow happened by itself. That somehow thousands of hackers weren't paid to code an anti-MS weapon, but just spontaneously did it all by themselves in their free time.
Still disguising paid work as some grassroots movement against MS's oppression. Shouldn't that count as astroturfing too?
And as astroturfing goes, I'd say MS isn't even the biggest liar in that game.
A polar bear is a cartesian bear after a coordinate transform.
KDan : "Isn't there any way the EFF can sue Microsoft for defamation by proxy or something like that?"
Always knew the open source crazies were anti-free enterprise, anti-free speech arnachsits , hell bent on destroying America, and you just proved.
Here in America, any think tank can conduct any studies they want, and freely publish their findings.
The fact that they have reported the TRUTH, by pointing out the great danger that the rabid open source movement poses the very freedoms we hold dear in this country, does not mean the open source nasties are going to be allowed to put a GAG on them.
You open source funnies are of course free to go live in that communist paradise where your ideas are freely practised, resulting in millions of of their citizens starving to death, North Korea!!
HELLO, everyone knows the top 10% of America owns EVERYTHING. Just look at the book burnings of the 1980s, Waco Tx anyone? Anyone with with half a brain can see that the REAL enemy here is oss!
Linux crazy : "And, if he wasn't, then he's making a bet. Prove him wrong. "
:"Have to hand it to the grandparent poster though, he had the balls to post with his ID. While you may be rich Flamebait, he's got cajones"
He made the false statements. He'd better prove what he says.
Its not up to me to prove anything. Its up to him to back up his open source nonsense.
Linux shill : "And, they don't deny the accusations leveled against."
Every single one of these Think Tanks mentioned above , stoutly defend the integrity and intellectual veracity of what they publish.
In fact they have constantly rejected suggestions of bias from the open source anarchists out of hand!!
Open source madman : "Now look who's making claims without "ONE IOTA" of proof"
Again I repeat, if you clowns claim that Microsoft is the biggest source of funding for any of the Think Tanks mentioned above, YOU bring the proof.
Until you do, we have to assume that its yet another lie by the open source FUD , propaganda and dirty tricks department, and reject that statement out of hand.
Linux anarchist : "Those companies are clearly whores and take money from the highest bidder....
"Those are their Johns, and you must be their Pimp!
Speak for yourself, clown!!
Hey, not everyone is like you and your open source pals. Everyone knows that the so-called open source community is another name for social rejects, long haired anarchist freaks with unwashed necks, and the biggest whores, drug dealers and murderers on the planet.
Why even the two guys who founded the open source movement started off by threatening to shoot each other! Go figure!
Cowardly Open source weasel : "As opposed to the mindless ranting a Cowering Billionaire who's in the process of seeing his Empire crumble, and his fortunes tumble"
LMAO!
Microsoft just made their very first $10 Billion quarter. Profits , sales at record levels, market share of over 96% on desktops, over 60% on servers by unit sales, the highest ever in Microsoft History.
Even as we speak, Microsoft is busy overtaking Palm in the PDA market worldwide.
Microsoft makes more money in the first week of January than all the Linux companies combined make in revenue the entire year.
Meanwhile, the Linux crazies have been promising to take out Microsoft on the desktop since 1998 at least, only for Microsoft to keep CLOBBERING Linux on the desktop every day, as they increase their market share.
if anyone is crumbling you gotta look at your Linux companies, they are the ones that have dine the crumbling. Remember VA Linux? LOL!
Microsoft is the strongest they've ever been, with a RECORD $56 Billion in the bank...in CASH!
Read and weep!!
Linux slime ball
He has about as much "cajones" as anyone posting under an assumed name on a Microsoft-hating web sites. Wait, we'll recruit him into the French army, that way he can surrender faster whenever the Germans come marching into Paris!!
Whatever he has, you sure don't have it, since you continue to post under "anonymous".
Me? I don't care to join a hate spewing open source site. However if I do a search and end up here by mistake, I reserve the right to hammer you guys at will!!