__/ [ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Saturday 12 May 2007 04:11 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Giving Bad Policies Another Whirl
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>> | Back in 2002, open source Open Source zealots tried to convince
>> | California legislators to pass the "Digital Software Security Act,"
>> | which would have forced state agencies to use open source
>> | software exclusively.
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> Well, she's good looking, just like the news people on Fox. Gotta
> give 'em credit.
>
> Funny how this word 'zealots' that keeps reappearing. I can just see
> it, point 3 on the list of talking points, "Keep hitting them with
> this 'zealots' thing, it discredits their message and turns off
> business people." Obviously our trolls have received the same orders
> from their puppet meisters in Redmond.
>
> This lie that open standards would force agencies to use open source
> software exclusively appears over and over again in the ODF struggles,
> in Massachusetts, Florida and elsewhere. Amazing how Microsoft is
> afraid of open competition. You'd think they were worried about the
> quality of their product or something.
It's probably a price war that they fear the most. Web-based delivery of
applications is another (like being attacked from behind when you thought
the front was clear).
Enderle uses the word 'zealots' on a regular basis. They create stereotypes.
don't let them.
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