What a stupid aritcle!
CompTIA [Microsoft LOBBYISY]: IE voted 'most influential' tech product
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| Microsoft and CompTIA have traditionally been closely aligned, particularly
| in the fight against open-source software--both are key members of the
| Initiative for Software Choice, which frequently takes an anti-open-source
| stance. Earlier this year,
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6199876.html
CompTIA is a Microsoft lobbying arm. Here they are attacking Richard Stallman
(quite recent):
Software of Choice
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| GCN recently covered online a lecture by software developer Richard
| Stallman, a vocal advocate of the free-software movement and a critic
| of restrictive commercial-software licensing (see this issue's GCN
| Insider, Page 31).
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http://www.gcn.com/print/26_11/44301-1.html
They also lied about the EU, about the GPL...
Related:
Clearing up anti-GPL3 FUD
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| Some of the bad publicity about GPL3 is deliberate. A particularly
| bad article by Dan Lyons of Forbes magazine painted an offensive
| picture of GPL3 and Richard Stallman, even accusing Stallman of
| having sex with flowers (!!!) after Lyons failed to comprehend
| a scientific joke.
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http://technocrat.net/d/2007/3/22/16651/
Perens Lashes Out at Claims GPL 3 Brings Legal Risks
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| "Let's make it clear that [ACT] is Microsoft's lobbying front and
| that they are going to paint as negative a picture as they can,"
| Perens told eWEEK in an interview.
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| "Obviously, GPL software is displacing Microsoft enough to have
| them concerned, and it's doing it at customers who are important
| to them. A lawyer's job is to scare the other side if they can--because
| they know it's cheaper than winning a case in court," he said.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2112267,00.asp
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