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Linux Today on LinuxCon
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| Not Ms. Schroderâs words, but she rightfully points out the
| baffling inclusion of Daniel Lyons in the proceedings. This
| is a gentleman who enthusiastically supported SCOâs lawsuit
| activities for years, never missing a chance to smear and
| degrade the FLOSS community in the effort.
|
| Among some of Mr. Lyons more enlightened diatribes include
| âLinuxâs Hit Menâ, where he goes through great pains to
| distort the role of the FSF and GPL, even reaching for the
| good old âcomradeâ Communism allusion. Or perhaps âLinux
| Scare Tacticsâ is more to your taste, where Mr. Lyons
| opines on the âFUDâ from âLinux zealotsâ? You can hit on
| any random Forbes article from Mr. Lyons on the topic of
| Linux to be treated to 100% Microsoft approved
| misinformation and spin with all your favorite code words
| and key phrases.
|
| Mr. Lyons is just one example of the less intellectually
| sophisticated Linux detractors / Microsoft apologists, but
| he serves here as an interesting example of a strange
| phenomenon among some in the FLOSS community to welcome, or
| even vigorously defend those who have spent enormous effort
| to destroy that same community.
|
| I call it the FLOSS Stockholm Syndrome here because it
| seems to be part of that same mental abberation of hostages
| sympathizing or defending their captors!
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http://www.the-source.com/2009/09/linux-today-on-linuxcon/
The Linux Foundation's "Community" Doesn't Look Very Community
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| And check out the winning Fake Linus-- Matt Asay, who I
| would not characterize as any kind of great Linux advocate;
| his views on Linux and FOSS change as often as he publishes
| a new blog posting, which is several times a day. But at
| least Mr. Asay has some genuine FOSS creds.
|
| Dan Lyons as contestant is just plain baffling. You might
| recall this is the same Dan Lyons who used to publish reams
| of anti-Linux trolling and pro-SCO guff for Forbes
| magazine. So what happened, wasn't Rob Enderle available?
| Or Maureen O'Gara? With Ms.O'Gara you get a twofer-- anti-
| Linux troll and your token woman. I suppose it's a play on
| his schtick as Fake Steve Jobs, which is about as relevant
| to Linux and community-building as any random celebrity
| impersonator. A Fake Elvis would have been better, then we
| would have some cool music to listen to.
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http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/09/linux-foundatio.html
Recent:
Caution: Full-Blown Fool Ahead
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| Imagine...an operating system that runs totally outside of Windows...how
| silly.
|
| You will note that there doesn't seem to be a way to comment on
| his "blog"...and maybe that's by design...or maybe this is just a satire blog
| like Fake Steve Jobs. I don't think so...Our Forbes Editor who got outed as
| the Fake Steve Blogger is simply a mean-spirited @$$-Whole who spend about
| two weeks after the "outing" explaining how he had been taken out of context.
|
| About 90 or 100 times by my count. I am guessing this is the kind of guy who
| got his kicks as a kid sticking firecrackers in a cat's collar and watching
| the mayhem. Our Fool in Full is just plain addled...I have no other recourse
| but to guess that, given the type of stuff he is writing and passing on
| as "technical knowledge". And I quote:
|
| "Linux is a marvellous operating system in its own right, and even
| comes in several different flavours. However, as good as these flavours
| are, they first need Microsoft Windows to load the services prior to
| use."
|
| Now, how many people are reading this drivel and taking it for gospel? You
| have to wonder and my next question would be: Do people who believe this sort
| of Foolishness have any business operating a computer? I have a friend
| in "the business who says she thinks not...
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http://blog.lobby4linux.com/index.php?/archives/404-Caution-Full-Blown-Fool-Ahead.html
Related:
Grumpy Fake Steve Jobs
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| Some of you may be wondering why Daniel Lyons, aka Fake Steve Jobs, is on the
| war path against me.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9523810271.html
"Fake Steve Jobs" is Daniel Lyons, in case anyone wants to sue
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| Maybe we should be, since this is the man who wrote about the "evils" of
| anonymous blogging in "Attack of the Blogs", where he said that blogs
| are âthe prized platform of an online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing
| lies, libel and invective.â
|
| Um. Dude. Talk about world class hypocrisy.
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070805195515884
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q3.07/61BE28FC-FCFF-4997-9CCC-B3E215B3D153.html
More on Troy Wolverton, the Street, and Apple Scandal
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| MediaNews did buy the Mercury News with a loan from Bill Gates' foundation,
| and is in the process of paying back that loan by publishing information
| without much journalistic or technical integrity.
|
| Specifically, I wrote âOne might think that the San Jose Mercury News, being
| located in Apple's backyard, would tend to trumpet the company's success. One
| would be wrong... Apple's corporate proximity to San Jose is trumped by the
| Mercury Newsâ need to publish low cost, highly sensational news to make
| enough money to pay back Bill Gates for the favor of his humanitarian loan.â
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http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q3.07/082663E0-6FD8-4F1D-909F-1BC72833AD02.html
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