tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982112998819170335.post827316471453351854..comments2008-09-08T14:04:40.768-07:00Comments on Fucker T. Washington's World of Hurt: Boycott Novell: Defenders of Freedom, or Offenders of Freedom?Fucker T. Washingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01698912828990039728noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982112998819170335.post-77088757391869929622008-06-12T09:59:00.000-07:002008-06-12T09:59:00.000-07:00Well I agree and disagree. first I think your righ...Well I agree and disagree. first I think your right that BN takes things to silly lengths. However I don't think that we can afford to just ignore Microsoft and live on our own little island. MS has plans to try and get rid of Free Software. They have used dirt tactics in the past to get rid of competition and we can't say that this won't happen with us. for instance you said <I>"if we're all running a non-Microsoft Operating System? How is that going to affect the price of rice tomorrow? It WON'T."</I> Actually I think it will effect things. Because if Microsoft gets really nervous they have lots of patents they are just sitting on. Also they could get similar legislation to the DMCA passed making Free Software Development even more difficult then it already is. <BR/>Another thing I didn't agree with <I>"Of course they're going to be skeptical of adopting a new format standard, the ones they've been using have worked just fine"</I><BR/>Microsoft is interested in lock in. Just look at their track record. remember the wps. file format? there is nothing that can open those things. not open office not MS office. if there is an open standard like ODF that means that people can do everything in ODF and never be locked into the MS Office suite. That is bad for business. That it would seem is the real reason that they have waited so long to implement it. and they didn't even implement it Sun micro wrote the plugin that allows for the support not MS. Then MS has tried to release its own standard which there is patents on. look at the dirty tactics they used to try and get it passed by ISO. and BN was not the only ones reporting on it. Many respectable sites did. Bottom line: Yes BN is FUD and just silly a lot of the time. Yes reporting needs to be more responsible. NO we can't overlook the threat of proprietary software who is trying to control its users and the market. if we do we will find that their is no Freedom left to hold onto.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982112998819170335.post-41470679514813921012008-06-12T01:23:00.000-07:002008-06-12T01:23:00.000-07:00When I read BN's articles - that is, if I could ac...When I read BN's articles - that is, if I could actually understand half of its purpose - I thought it was kind of overrated. I mean, I don't like Microsoft either but I do acknowledge that 90% of the market is theirs for some reason, wheter that reason is clean or not.<BR/><BR/>A fantastic post here. Nice job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982112998819170335.post-20669295449530005792008-06-11T18:55:00.000-07:002008-06-11T18:55:00.000-07:00I wouldn't call Boycott Novell to be "Offenders of...I wouldn't call Boycott Novell to be "Offenders of Freedom". However, I would attribute it as being misguided and lacking critical thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982112998819170335.post-44762329002069322902008-06-11T18:49:00.000-07:002008-06-11T18:49:00.000-07:00Thank you, sir. I think you may have started a tre...Thank you, sir. I think you may have started a trend! I like that you pointed out how BoycottNovell is misiling free software advocates.<BR/><BR/>It should be noted that these maniacs are causing serious damage to the community, for example spreading a firestorm of FUD about Miguel de Icaza. I am not an enormous fan of his current wanderings and I don't agree with all of his opinions, but I know that I owe him a lot; we can thank this fellow for bringing us the GNOME desktop environment, as well as the fantastic Gnumeric. Mono has resulted in MonoDevelop, which, Mono or not, is one of the nicest IDEs I have ever had the pleasure to use.<BR/><BR/>Give the guy respect; his absense would leave a tremendous hole the free software community. If someone really does not see how much this man's work has given us, I seriously doubt the value of that person's opinion. It is a testament to Miguel's persistence that he is still here.<BR/><BR/>BoycottNovell may claim to be removing a disease, but in doing so they are creating something worse. Hell, if I was them, I would be suspecting BoycottNovell of being sneaky Microsoft-hired forum ninjas working to rip apart the free software community into uncooperative camps (as a desperate act now that FreeDesktop is working to bring the groups closer together). It is not much of a stretch.Dylan McCallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07731418799567433624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982112998819170335.post-10042690176609957482008-06-11T05:05:00.000-07:002008-06-11T05:05:00.000-07:00I don't think Boycott Novell has mislead "hundreds...I don't think Boycott Novell has mislead "hundreds of thousands" of free software supporters. It's become almost fashionable to remove Mono from Linux systems, but that started before the Novell-Microsoft deal. When it comes down to it, most FSdaily readers already know that BN is a very extremist site, and dismiss its articles as self-important fiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982112998819170335.post-71401645089624967142008-06-10T17:33:00.000-07:002008-06-10T17:33:00.000-07:00Amen. Amazing tirade you've got there, but I total...Amen. Amazing tirade you've got there, but I totally agree.Wonderboy™https://www.blogger.com/profile/07369951558078436721noreply@blogger.com