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| DATE | 2003-02-17 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: [fairuse] Re: [Marketing] Re: Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU
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I leave this discussion with this:
Your Friends from Microsoft.....
http://www.idg.com.sg/idgwww.nsf/unidlookup/021344CE977D88B548256C8000072286?OpenDocument
LONDON - A U.S. trade association, the Initiative for Software Choice
(ISC), has urged the U.S. Defense Department (DoD) to rethink its use
and promotion of free and open-source software.
In an appeal posted Tuesday on its Web site, the Washington, D.C. group
warned that the DoD should "avoid crafting needless and potentially
detrimental IT policy to promote the use" of open-source software. Open
source generally refers to any software program whose source code is made
freely available to other developers and users for use and development
without restrictions.
The ISC, launched in May, includes Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and
Intel Corp. as members and is chaired by a group known for its close ties
to Microsoft, the Computing Technology Industry Association, or CompTIA.
On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 03:37:10PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote: >
> The conference will give ample opportunity for the > Free
Software Movement and the Open Software Movement to > clearly state
that they are competitors to Microsoft's current > approach, > >
This conference won't give the Free Software Movement much of an >
opportunity to state anything, because the conference refuses to >
recognize our existence. It treats us as part of the other movement.
> > When Tony asked me to speak at his conference last October, I
said I > would do so if he made it a "free software and open source"
> conference. He refused--apparently the Free Software Movement's >
leaders were welcome to appear as part of the Open Source Movement, >
but our movement's existence had to be denied. I declined to go. >
> The free software movement was not welcome at the conference; its >
leaders were invited, yes, but invited to appear as supporters of the >
open source movement. It seems that Microsoft is more welcome at this >
conference than the free software movement is. > > I wish the Open Source
Movement success, all else being equal, even > though I do not support it.
But what this conference is doing is > trying to quash us, and that
is bad. > > ____________________________ > New Yorker Free Software
Users Scene > Fair Use - > because it's either fair use or useless....
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