Perens Launches 'OpenSourceParking'

miller60 writes "Open source evangelist Bruce Perens has launched OpenSourceParking, a service designed to boost domain parking on open source software. The project is a response to a large gain by Microsoft in the April Netcraft survey, with Windows' share jumping 5 percent as domain registrar Go Daddy moved 4.5 million parked domains from Linux to Windows Server 2003. To regain that share, Perens is calling on open source users to park undeveloped domains at OpenSourceParking, with the advertising revenue being used to fund political advocacy efforts on behalf of open source software. Parking-for-profit has grown into a significant business in recent years. Despite ambivalence over the value of these sites, Perens appears to believe it merits a focused effort for the open source community."

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Perens is a jew

[BisexualPuppy]

He is just a jew and a jew is jewish as a tiny jew.

Finally someone's on top of this.

[CosmeticLobotamy]

I've been trying to get child molesters to switch to Linux for years. Glad to finally get some backing on this kind of thing.

Re:Let's hope it's as successful as his UserLinux

[Anonymous Coward]

All you have to do is check out his blog? Some of his posts (e.g http://tinyurl.com/rr4cs) have mentioned this.

-JH

Re:Don't.

[The Spoonman]

but the rest of us don't want to be in management

Then, don't bitch about it. I'm so tired of hearing tech people bitch that they don't "want" to be in management, and then bitch about how management doesn't do what THEY think is the right thing. Here's the real reason you're not in management: you wouldn't get the job. You're too short-sighted, and can't see beyond what you read on Slashdot. Here are the real reasons managers (and tech people who know what they're doing) choose Windows as a platform: applications that use it integrate better with other applications that are written for the platform and it's generally better in terms of performance, security and ease of use. Before you blast me, get a clue. Those of us who know what we're doing understand security better than any Unix nitwit, and things like viruses and spyware and other real security threats are non-issues.

Although, for me, the real reason to replace our aging Unix systems with Windows boxes is primarily to get rid of the Unix SAs. The days of inflexible, non-technical SAs is over. We need people who are capable of keeping up with technology and are capable of finding solutions. Of course, you could probably be the lowest form of "IT person": the programmer. I don't consider programmers IT people any more than I would consider an end-user who can create Access databases an IT person. In that case, you definitely shouldn't be deciding on the direction for your IT department since you know as much about technology as your typical HR monkey.