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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."
Who cares even if they get their funding from the devil. Open Source does destroy jobs, helps intellectual property theft and generally damages the US software industry. The irony is that many of the software developers standing in unemployment lines are proponents of Open Source. No other industry in history has successfully survived giving away products for free. (The problem has recently dawned on Red Hat. That is why they are trying to charge for their new product.) By 2015 when the US software industry is completely destroyed Open Source will be remembered - less than warmly - for being a major contributor to the collapse of the industry. If you are software developer under 35 get another profession. And by the way I am not funded by Microsoft or anybody. Simply a software manager with 30 years experience who is tickled by the naivety of geeks when it comes to business reality. As I said - if you are under under 35 get out of software now before it is too late.