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[News] Former Novell Guy Joe Brockmeier Defends Linux and Attacks FSF

  • Subject: [News] Former Novell Guy Joe Brockmeier Defends Linux and Attacks FSF
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:27:41 +0100
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When It Comes to Security, Openness Isn't Always a Virtue - Con: Joe Brockmeier

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| Companies have not shown a tendency to be 
| entirely forthcoming about security breaches 
| unless they have to be. It's not only 
| impossible to examine the code for 
| vulnerabilities, it's also impossible to 
| know exactly what is being done with your 
| data. This should scare the hell out of 
| people when talking about their personal 
| data.
`----

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/When-It-Comes-to-Security-Openness-Isnt-Always-a-Virtue---Con-Joe-Brockmeier-70215.html

The Party of Gno

http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7806/1.html

Joe Brockmeier Has a Bad Day

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| He declares the campaigning of the Free 
| Software Foundation for Free Software is 
| negative and must change.
| 
| Talk about a narrow point of view. The FSF 
| must advocate for Free Software. That is its 
| purpose. There is nothing negative about 
| requiring software to be able to be run, 
| examined, modified and distributed under a 
| global and popular licence. There is a 
| battle raging with the forces who would take 
| freedom away. It is necessary to have 
| sentries guarding the boundaries. It is 
| necessary to have leaders rally the troops.
| 
| Brockmeier would have us believe that open 
| source is good enough, or something. It is 
| not clear what he wants. I see FLOSS as 
| widely accepted and growing constantly in 
| share of usage. What does he see? 
| Negativity!
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/06/17/joe-brockmeier-has-a-bad-day/

Shooting The Messenger

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| There's been another round of criticism on 
| various blogs of the FSF's media campaigns 
| to draw people's attention to the harm that 
| not respecting software users freedom does. 
| But the FSF's campaigns explaining why 
| Microsoft and Apple's failure to respect 
| users freedom is harmful have been 
| successful in getting out the message that 
| alternatives are needed. In the mainstream 
| press as well as in the tech and tech 
| culture media.
| 
| The FSF's critics are ignoring the fact that 
| most of the FSF's work consists not only of 
| the positive promotion of the idea of free 
| software, but in practically supporting and 
| protecting its creation and use.
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http://robmyers.org/weblog/2010/06/shooting-the-messenger.html

More Anti-Free Software Spin

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| Secondly, the lead anti-FSF person is - 
| surprise, surprise - Joe âZonkerâ 
| Brockmeier, who not only is consistently 
| confused[1] about the FSF,  heâs also 
| amusingly fond of distorting FSF claims to 
| try to make them appear like they support 
| his position.
| 
| Mr. Brockmeierâs writings on the FSF reveal 
| a misunderstanding so deep and profound of 
| the FSF and its mission that I have a hard 
| time accepting it is honest. It starts at 
| the very first sentence, where Mr. 
| Brockmeier falsely implies the FSF has no 
| âpositive way to push for software freedomâ 
| and continues to the very end, where Mr. 
| Brockmeier idiotically implies that the FSF 
| is not at the âcenterâ of âfolks concerned 
| with protecting software freedomâ.
| 
| Another example: Mr. Brockmeierâs ignorance 
| (or maliciousness, take your pick) is 
| revealed when he insinuates that RMS is 
| âtaking the FSF out of the gameâ by telling 
| users not to use Saas, without mentioning 
| that the FSF is in fact developing 
| alteratives like GNU Social and LibrePlanet.
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http://www.the-source.com/2010/06/more-anti-free-software-spin/
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