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Microsoft's Open Source Guru Faces Tough Fight
coondoggie writes "Microsoft's Sam Ramji is like a turkey knocking on Thanksgiving's door. Ramji has the unenviable task of stretching his neck out into the open source world as Microsoft's representative. On top of it, his employer has preheated the oven with years of hubris, sleights of hand and broken promises.
Ramji's Sisyphean task was evident last week in Portland at the Open Source Conference (OSCon) and will likely be fuel for chatter at next week's LinuxWorld gathering in San Francisco."
Don't throw arrows. Be diplomatic.
You're right, that would be ineffective without a bow. Throw spears instead.
No. Throw chairs!
Well I may not have been the biggest fan of his last few movies, Sam Raimi has done a lot of nerdy work and deserves our respect, although I'll be damned if I can remember when he started working for Microsoft, I guess Spiderman 3 really was that bad.
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
Ramji has the unenviable task of stretching his neck out into the open source world as Microsoft's representative
I think the the weapon you are looking for is an axe
Negative moral value of force outweighs the positive value of good intentions.
Corporate entities will run all over us and then want to be friends. Must we lie down and take it or resist and be defiant because we are the movement? I know what I am saying is controversial but I say it with a reason.
You rebel! An open source person with an anti-corporate message!? I don't believe it. You must have massive balls. This reminds me of the time when Greenday stood up against the evils of Bush. A pop-punk band speaking out against conservatives was pretty progressive and unusual at the time, but they to pererviered and finally won the community to their side. Your fight will be long and hard, but I hope that in the end you too convince the wider open source community that Microsoft is the devil.
You are a brave soul to be so bold with such a hostile pro-corporate crowd. Standing up for what you believe in, with no fear that the open source community might respond with hostility and skepticism is a bold act. I salute you for going against the grain and taking such a controversial "Microsoft is bad" stand. If only there were more brave men like you.
It's not the Death Star with Ballmer walking around, periodically strangling people with his mind just to show who's boss.
That's what Apple is like.
I think you misspelled "incoherent". Just goes to show that you shouldn't always rely on the spell chequer for everything.
Yeah. Green Day was so much better back in the early nineties when they invented punk rock.
Implode, be incinerated, be eviscerated, bleed to death, slowly fall apart from radiation, and gasp desperately for a few more breaths of air, ultimately surrendering.
...And then become a worldwide cultural phenomenon for animation and video games?
OMG! Wau!
No. Throw chairs!
Who is the current chair at Microsoft?
Do you have any idea what people are really doing with Microsoft products that simply can't be done on Linux.
Spreading NIMDA and Slammer?