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Microsoft's Chief Exec For Latin America Says 'Open' Means 'Incompetent'

Posted by timothy on from the deseo-suscribirme-a-su-boletan-de-noticias dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The President of Microsoft Latin America, in criticizing the Brazilian government for its support of open source software, claimed that declaring something open is how you 'mask incompetence.' That seems especially funny coming from Microsoft, who has used 'closed' to mask incompetence for years. I thought 'open' meant that people could find and fix (or ignore) incompetence, whereas closed meant you were stuck with the incompetence."

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  1. Fedora 13 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Just tried installing Fedora 13 and got no network connection until I disabled NetworkManager. Then DHCP worked fine. This is the same result I've had with previous versions of Fedora. The guy has a point.

  2. Re:Lost in by aintnostranger · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and as someone who speaks competent french "your comment sucks"

  3. Re:well he has a point... but wrong choice of word by jedidiah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    > you clearly nerver used windows advanced server 2003 or any edition of windows server 2008

    You clearly are a clueless poser that's never been anywhere near a real server.

    Go back to dabbling in your mother's basement.

    --
    A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
  4. Re:well he has a point... but wrong choice of word by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    How the hell is windows better than linux?
    Easier to install.... Linux
    Better driver support..... Linux
    Better security...... Linux
    Better error reporting..... Linux
    Better control over your OS.... Linux.

    Back in your sad little box fanboy.