It's funny to hear Olsen call someone else "short sighted". He's the guy who said "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home" in 1977.
Exactly. A few weeks ago, Jim Allchin said he wanted to meet with government leaders to make sure they "understand the threat" of free software.
MS will bribe whomever they have to in order to ensure that all software approved for use in government work is non-GLP'ed. And once official institutions like the US government start to back away from free software, the press will begin to malign it as well (the press, after all, rarely contradicts what "official" institutions do). After that, free software will be so marginallized that anybody who uses it will be looked down upon as suspicious and untrustworthy. Just wait and see.
I'm no open source zealot, but I would hate to see the above scenario come to pass. Unfortunately, there is nothing anybody can do about. MS has the cash to make sure their voices are heard and everybody else's are drowned out. It's over before it begins.
You crazy chip-on-your-shoulder Australians! I was wondering how you were going to spin this. "The Aussie government isn't really doing something bad, we're actually following the rules more closely than you Americans. We're still better than you! Really, we are!"
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It's funny to hear Olsen call someone else "short sighted". He's the guy who said "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home" in 1977.
While in the midst of complaining about US arrogance...
...you act as though you have a license to speak for "the rest of the world"?
You crazy Australians!
MS will bribe whomever they have to in order to ensure that all software approved for use in government work is non-GLP'ed. And once official institutions like the US government start to back away from free software, the press will begin to malign it as well (the press, after all, rarely contradicts what "official" institutions do). After that, free software will be so marginallized that anybody who uses it will be looked down upon as suspicious and untrustworthy. Just wait and see.
I'm no open source zealot, but I would hate to see the above scenario come to pass. Unfortunately, there is nothing anybody can do about. MS has the cash to make sure their voices are heard and everybody else's are drowned out. It's over before it begins.
...they're special magnetic particles.
Is the tool of the devil.
The Simpsons has disappointed me the last few years. If they do this, it will just make me even more disappointed.
Heh, good one.