__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 08 March 2007 07:50 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Wednesday 07 March 2007 12:20 \__
>>
>>> On Wednesday 07 March 2007 11:30 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Too late to discredit open source, advocates say
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | "It's too late," exclaimed Winston Damarillo, founder and
>>>> | chairman of software development firm Exist Global, in an
>>>> | interview with Computerworld Philippines. "Open source
>>>> | is all over the place."
>>>
>>>
>>
http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/030607-too-late-to-discredit-open.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
>>>> http://tinyurl.com/2bj969
>>>
>>> Oh dear!
>>> So He was right all along?
>>>
>>> Linux *is* a cancer......
>>>
>>> ... and it's inoperable .... can be slowed but not stopped ...... and the
>>> prognosis for the patient is.... well.... "enjoy the time you have left"?
>>>
>>> Ah dear. Poor ol' MS........:-(
>>
>> I share your misery. With Open Source "all over the place", as the
>> gentleman argues, what would be the purpose of the preaching in COLA? We
>> could become obsolete... *gasp*
>>
>
> To be quite honest, on this one, I don't think that I'd have a problem
> with cola and ourselves becoming obsolete. Still, although linux and
> FOSS is making inroads absolutely everywhere, there is still a
> tremendous amount of ground to catch up, and still a huge amount of
> change in this industry track, observe and influence. Perhaps we need a
> new group, with a new charter almost exactly like the old one.
> comp.os.foss.advocacy. The only problem being that cola is much easier
> to say :-)
The next challenge is probably to transform from myth busting to contract
making. The second step which is laughter/ridicule is over. Now it's time to
fight. Google's fights are not enough. We need to encourage
Linux/OpenOffice, not some proprietary Web-based suite from various
companies that collect data for targetted ads. Of course their servers run
Linux, but we can do better than that.
--
~~ Best wishes
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