____/ Ramon F Herrera on Saturday 27 October 2007 19:50 : \____
> On Oct 27, 9:59 am, Linonut <lino...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>
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>> > The Perfect Crime
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>> > | And what did the real player Linus Torvalds say about all this? He
>> > | didn't have time to quabble. His was to create an operating system, not
>> > | fart around with words. If Stallman was going to latch 'GNU' onto the
>> > | Linux name he didn't care.
>> > |
>> > | He should have. For Stallman's taken the next step in his theft: he's
>> > | using his weapon of words to completely remove 'Linux' from relevancy
>> > | for its own product.
>> > |
>> > | [...]
>> > |
>> > | Stallman's is playing a very dirty game. FOSS is being attacked on two
>> > | fronts: the merciless unrelenting Microsoft market manipulation machine
>> > | and Richard M Stallman. FOSS needs better; the world needs better.
>> > |
>> > | Why is Linus Torvalds doing nothing?
>> > `----
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>> >http://rixstep.com/2/1/20071026,01.shtml
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> > That article is complete shit, Roy.
>
> Nope, I wouldn't define it as shit. Far form it. It is a nice example
> of propaganda. We all know that "sex sells", but this guy is
> considering the unique characteristics of his audience (read: customer
> base). Just like the tabloids sell ads based on scandals, this guy is
> selling some "Xfile" application and the best he could come up with
> was to write a controversial article (full of crap, I agree) to
> attract our eyes.
>
> -Ramon
Speaking of controversy and propaganda, this one comes to mind.
Interview with Dr Andrew S Tanenbaum
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| Andrew S Tanenbaum: A couple of years ago this guy called Ken Brown
| wrote a book saying that Linus stole Linux from me, from Minix,
| and therefore the intellectual property rights are unclear and
| therefore companies shouldn't use Linux because I might sue them.
|
| It later came out that Microsoft had paid him to do this --
| and I defended Linus. I wrote on my Web site saying that this
| guy Brown came through, visited me and I gave him the
| [correct] story.
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http://www.builderau.com.au/strategy/architecture/soa/Interview_with_Dr_Andrew_S_Tanenbaum/0,339028264,339273224,00.htm
http://tinyurl.com/3c78xz
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