[nylug-talk] New York Times article

[John Bacalle]

* Seth Rothenberg <srothenb at montefiore.org> [20030515 16:55]:
> Today's New York Times has an article about how Microsoft has been

It is actually a byline off the International Herald Tribune, FYI.

 <http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/technology/15SOFT.html?pagewanted=all&position=>

And, once more, for the Times, they fail the readership, fail to define,
and, or describe, free software, open source terminology but more
importantly---doctrine. *sigh* Quote:

 The Microsoft documents show the preoccupation among top managers with
 countering the open-source movement, a group of programmers who want
 the software that runs computers to be offered free of charge.
                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

WTF. Gratis? Who gives a major sh_t about gratis. What commy b_llsh_t.
Someone teach these guys to operate a dictionary, or rent them a better
fact checker.

I am partial to BSD* licensed free software, fallaciously subsuming BSD*
goals misses the mark there too. When will they get it. Oy!

   John  [Open Source? I do free software!]

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