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Obama Campaign Seeks LAMP Developers

Posted by kdawson on from the choosing-sides dept.

kgamiel writes "The Obama campaign's CTO is hiring LAMP-biased geeks for the Boston office to help elect the Senator in the fall. This got me to wondering, what if he instead announced a SourceForge project toward the same end? What would such a project look like? Tools that both sides could use 'equally' would not achieve the desired end. And philosophically, could the Open Source community support one side in a competition such as this? What other issues does this raise?" Another reader notes that the Obama campaign is also searching for a security expert to plug the holes that allowed a hacker to redirect Obama's site (Linux/Apache hosted by GoDaddy) to Hillary Clinton's (Windows/IIS hosted by Rackspace).

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  1. Re:Sourceforge project would... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Lead to a project which is probably incomplete, no documentation, and maybe a tarball that won't build. Incomplete half-baked ideas, no clearly defined or documented positions... I know, that's what I hate about his campaign too. Oh wait, you were talking about something else.
  2. Re:Oh God by urcreepyneighbor · · Score: 0, Troll

    Is slashdot going to turn into Obama propaganda like digg and other sites too? Fuck Senator Obama and his anti-American wife.

    He's an empty suit that a bunch of white people, raised to believe that they are somehow responsible for deeds that their ancestors may have committed, are using to convince themselves they aren't "racist".

    Since most of Obama's supporters are supporting him for psychological reasons (not political), there's little point in "debating" them. It'd be easier to convince a Creationist that God is a delusion.

    It's best just to remind them that he's got zero experience and he looks like Curious George. :)
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    "The fight for freedom has only just begun." - Geert Wilders
  3. Politics is just one section dude! by PoconoPCDoctor · · Score: 0, Troll

    Go elsewhere if the world of politics in not to your liking. I've been away for quite a while, helping out the Obama campaign. How have you helped your country lately?

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    "Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair" - George Washington
  4. Re:Oh God by PoconoPCDoctor · · Score: 0, Troll

    Please. Grow up. I did and you can too, gosh darn it! http://eburgobama08.org/about

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    "Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair" - George Washington
  5. Re:What's wrong with you people?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's at times like these when we realise what really happened.

    It's not that America gave up on the world, that we gave up on everybody else.

    The world gave up on us first. Thanks Europe, you were such a help. Now step aside and let us fix your big bad problem once again. We bailed you out of two world wars. We bailed you out from facism and so-called communism. We bailed you out from a fuel crisis. We're bailing you out from a nuclear threat. And we're making sure our investing dollars will remain in these two regions.

    Thanks for always having our back.

  6. Re:Oh God by Wolfier · · Score: 0, Troll

    Character, Integrity, and Everything McCain embodies summarized in one short 3 minute video:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJl8ypyVAvY

  7. Re:Oh God by urcreepyneighbor · · Score: 0, Troll

    For your own good, use your brain for a bit. As I said before:

    Since most of Obama's supporters are supporting him for psychological reasons (not political), there's little point in "debating" them. You know, deep down inside, that it's the damn truth. :)

    Now, go jerk off to the Obama Girl and brag to your friends about it! That'll show them how much of a non-racist you are!
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    "The fight for freedom has only just begun." - Geert Wilders