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Open source FUD is alive and kicking
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| The frequency with which such articles appear
| has lessened to a marked degree simply because
| people who pen them often end up being branded
| as fools.
|
| [...]
|
| I've been watching people trying to spread FUD
| about FOSS for the last 12 years and not one
| has succeeded. They've all been shot down in
| flames. Some of the hardy veterans who have
| been countering the FUD, people like the
| erudite David F. Skoll of the Canadian company
| Roaring Penguin, are still around and still
| firing back.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/29010/1090/
Recent:
Marketing materials from ILS vendor touches off a flurry of reaction
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| Late last night, news of a document from
| SirsiDynix VP of Innovation Stephen Abram
| slamming open source library systems began
| circulating via Twitter. Within a day, it has
| drawn much commentary, both pointed and
| cautious, from those in the heated debate
| between open source and proprietary integrated
| library system (ILS) software.
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http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6704622.html
SirsiDynix Corp restricted lobby paper against Open Source technologies, Sep 2009
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| This document was released only to a select
| number of existing customers of the company
| SirsiDynix, a proprietary library automation
| software vendor. It has not been released more
| broadly specifically because of the
| misinformation about open source software and
| possible libel per se against certain
| competitors contained therein.
|
| SirsiDynix is currently embroiled in a lawsuit
| with one of the largest public libraries in the
| U.S. (Queens Borough, NY) and this document
| does illustrate the less-than-ethical nature of
| this company.
| The source states that the document should be
| leaked so that everyone can see to what extent
| SirsiDynix will attempt to spread falsehoods
| and smear open source and the proponents of
| open source.
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http://wikileaks.org/wiki/SirsiDynix_Corp_restricted_lobby_paper_against_Open_Source_technologies%2C_Sep_2009
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