__/ [ Ray Ingles ] on Friday 02 June 2006 14:18 \__
> On 2006-06-02, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> United States: The Truths and Myths of Open Source Software
>>
>> Requires registration, but here is a snippet:
>
> I find that a lot of sites let you in if you set your user-agent string
> to mimic Googlebot. This is one. :->
Wow! Nice trick which I was never aware of... I already have the Agent
Switcher Extension for Firefox...
> The article itself is a fairly standard intro-to-Linux-for-suits kind
> of thing. There's a few iffy points (e.g. it brings up the 'GPL hasn't
> been tested in court' red herring) but it does point out that OSS can be
> both reliable and profitable, and *does* call the idea that "Open Source
> Presents Too Much Legal Uncertainty" a "Myth".
Well, I prefer to call it "FUD".
Best wishes,
Roy
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