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____/ Homer on Monday 10 August 2009 02:10 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Tony(UK) spake thusly:
>> On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:53:42 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Did you listen to Peter Day's interview with Red Hat's Matthew
>>> Szulik? It was appalling. Day showed his utter hostility towards
>>> this whole concept of Freedom or open source, including for content
>>> (maybe because it competes with the BBC, which make them Luddites).
>>>
>> I did, and it is another example of 'modern' BBC journalism. The Beeb
>> does not understand FOSS or the people involved, and I'll leave it to
>> others to fathom out exactly why that is. Mr. Day had his brief long
>> before the interview, and stuck to it. That is the way it works, and
>> has done since humble beginnings.
>
> I think you may be overstating Peter Day's position.
>
> Here's the interview, for those yet to hear it:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p003r602
>
> To me, this seems like someone playing Devil's advocate, by asking
> leading questions designed to elicit the responses necessary to allay
> others' fears, and what genuine scepticism there is, is tempered by
> Day's self-admission of being old and out of touch with modern trends.
> IOW he's asking those questions which many in the corporate world will
> undoubtedly ask, and giving Szulik the opportunity to provide a
> comprehensive response - which I must say he did admirably.
>
> Listeners will undoubtedly come away from this interview with a sense
> that the Open Source business model is not only viable, but absolutely
> essential for the future, and that sceptics are Luddites, ultimately
> doomed to extinction.
I sure hope so. He did leave the impression that he distrusts Wikipedia, too.
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