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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.
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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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