__/ [ [H]omer ] on Monday 16 April 2007 05:00 \__
> Verily I say unto thee, that East spake thusly:
>> http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/309/
>>
>> I have been using open source software since the beginning of 1995. It was
>> about Linux (starting with Slackware, after an initial apprenticeship with
>> SLS), then some FreeBSD and NetBSD, to continue with several Linux
>> distributions. What a choice! The future was bright, as the Linux kernel
>> experienced a lot of improvements, the number of the distributions climbed
>> up to the sky, advanced desktop environments appeared, and the StarOffice
>> suite metamorphosed into OpenOffice.org, a very decent alternative to
>> Microsoft Office.
>
> I take it you acquired the necessary permission to reprint this
> restricted material, Mr. "East"?
>
> "LEGAL NOTICE: As an exception to the rest of the site, this article
> falls under the following specific legal terms: Copyright 2007
> Radu-Cristian Fotescu and JEM Electronic Media, Inc. No reprints nor
> reposts without written permission from both copyright holders."
>
> http://beranger.org/feature/sorryfeature.php?page=1
>
> WRT the article itself, it is not so much an indictment of Linux/FOSS as
> the direction it is headed, and I don't entirely disagree with some of
> the points raised (his observations on Mono, security, and Linux
> novices, for example), except perhaps with his hysteria over GPLv3.
>
> Radu Cristian Fotescu is an old-school UNIX hacker (ex-IBM employee),
> and highly critical of the tendencies in modern Operating Systems, or
> IOW he's a dinosaur.
>
> Despite his "don't call this FUD" disclaimer, that is exactly what most
> of that article is. Fundamentally all he's done is sweep up the latest
> FUD and summarised it; hardly Pulitzer material. I got as far as his
> "Communism" comment before realising that basically he's just motivated
> by his hatred of the FSF and the GPL, this isn't really an anti-Linux
> blog at all, it's just an expression of his fear of the end of
> proprietary software.
>
> IMHO "Radu" should just go back to tinkering with UNIX on some
> prehistoric mainframe, and quit bitching about progress. Things change,
> not always for the best, but the big picture is what counts, and our
> friend seems to lack the vision to see it. Or more likely, he's just
> blinded by his own greed.
I read his blog regularly (very high pace), and I will defend his knowledge.
As for the substance, well... he always rants because it brings him traffic
and makes him feel better. He rarely praises anything at all, so this review
was not at all surprising (he has had it planned for quite some time).
The bottom line is this: this man is a critic. It's a rant machine. I love
his blog and he write excellent stuff. But assuming that open source is in a
sorry state is a case of falling for flamebait.
--
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