Digg this story<http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3711871&title=It%27s+Time+to+Get+Over+Microsoft&bodytext=A+leading+pundit+in+the+Free+and+open+source+software+%28FOSS%29+movement+says+that+if+you+value+FOSS%2C+there+are+key+aspects+you+should+be+promoting+--+instead+of+indulging+in+taunts+more+suitable+to+a+high+school+locker+room.+%0D%0A&topic=>
Free and open source software (FOSS) advocates need to stop obsessing about Microsoft. But, just as clearly, many of them won't, if the reactions I received when I blogged<http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2007/08/19/why-would-i-care-about-microsoft/>about the subject are any indication. Never mind that FOSS is a necessary fixture in modern business, or has evolved defenses that ensure its survival -- or that paranoia and juvenile gestures like talking about "Micro$oft" and "Windoze" only hurt the cause. For many, hatred of Microsoft is a way of life, and they'd be lost without it. Cheers, Imtiaz [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
