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German Linux Community Boycotting LinuxTag
em8chel writes "LinuxTag, Germany's major fair for Linux and Free Software, is facing a massive boycott from open source enthusiasts in the country this year. Although the event doesn't open for a week, the community is voicing their anger and disappointment on various forums about this year's LinuxTag running under the auspices of Wolfgang Schaeuble, the conservative Minister of Interior, whose positions on issues of interest to the community are controversial to say the very least. Due to online protests and calls for a boycott, the organizer of LinuxTag has released a statement (German version, serviceable Google translation), holding that the politician's policies and political views have nothing to do with supporting free software, adding that if the community boycotts LinuxTag, it's the open source software that will be hit the hardest, and that Schaeuble probably won't even notice."
What effect does a boycott from people who don't want to pay for anything have?
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
Instead of boycotting stuff, why don't they take up a donation for a full-page add or a 30 second spot (assuming the Krauts have TV ads)?
Explaining to the public why this guy sucks (and perhaps even what Linux is) would be much better than cutting off your nose to spite your face, no?
Obama likes poor people so much, he wants to make more of them.