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To: rzeznikj at stout
Didn't I tell you

Why would I listen to the ramblings of some college kid when I can read the speaches of your leaders themselves? Here's Bruce Perens addressing the United Nations recently, right after Richard Stallman.

"I am honored to follow Doctor Richard Stallman, the giant upon whose shoulders Open Source stands. When I say Open Source, I mean the same thing that Richard means when he says Free Software."

Which of course is correct, as everyone knows ~75% of all "open source" software uses Stallman's license. So while Stallman is a fundamentalist looney, he officially represents your movement at the highest possible levels. And there's nothing you'll ever be able to do about it.

216 posted on 03/29/2006 9:38:17 PM PST by Golden Eagle
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To: All
It's not just me who's giving you this lecture. Other posters have alluded and have pretty much reiterated what I've been saying.

You're an outsider who when it comes to OSS, doesn't know s*** from shinola. That is, except that OSS currently is a nasty thorn in MS's side--and if it develops, could be a deep (if not lethal) wound to the MS monopoly.

Other posters are right. You have to be a paid shill for Microsoft with nothing more to say.

217 posted on 03/29/2006 9:47:56 PM PST by rzeznikj at stout (This Space For Rent. Call 555-1212 for more info.)
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