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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. Incompetent? by Bill_the_Engineer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Open means Incompetent?

    That can't be right. I thought it meant not quite finished and don't expect documentation.

    Put the flame throwers down... it's a joke.

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    1. Re:Incompetent? by LifesABeach · · Score: 4, Funny

      It could be a translation error, in Brazil, Portuguese is the main language. Maybe he meant to say "In Compliance", which is something of a challenge for the arrogant among us.

  2. Maybe he's on to something by srh2o · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML

  3. Re:That's the pot calling the kettle black by sco08y · · Score: 4, Funny

    That the pot calling the kettle black if ever I've heard it!

    Thank God. I don't know what we would have done if you hadn't shown up, Captain Obvious.

  4. Re:Excellent news by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 3, Funny

    I recall the last time Stallman visited Argentina, he spent more time with politicians than with programmers.

    Wow. We've had some bad diplomats in the past but... wow. The cake has been taken.

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