Uk magazine PcPro n.143 recently published an article about "Free Software", the one that usually gives on your nerves if you are a frequent user of this mailing list. My letter to the magazine is also a poor man's summary of the article:
> Dear Sirs, > > your recent article "Free Software and why we avoid > it", PcPro 143, annoys me a bit. > > It's not about whether I agree with it or not; itÂ’s > about the way you present information. > > Firstly, you confuse your readers by putting 'Free > Software' (Linux, the Gimp, Firefox, Apache), > 'freeware' (Ad-Aware, AVG, WinZip Zone Alarm) and > even the infamous Nigerian 419 scam on the same > plate. > Why not involve the paedophiles and Al-Qaeda, while > you're there? > > Then you define Richard Stallman as "Linux > co-creator", "Microsoft-hating" and "near > Communist". > I'll leave that to anyone with access to a search > engine to determine if it's true or not (by the way, > what does 'near Communist' mean? Coming from a > country where the Communist Party had 30% of the > votes, you are either Communist or not). > > Further on it is stated that the OSI (Open Source > Initiative) was merely an 'image makeover' > (disputable but legitimate opinion) and you even > compare it to Tony Blair's New Labour. Now, only > readers from outside the UK would not realize how > offensive this statement could be (incidentally, in > doing that, you could have regained the sympathy of > Mr Stallman, who is probably more "OSI hater" > than "MS hater"). > > In short, given the technical calibre of your > magazine, I think this is an example of > disinformation. > > Regards > > Ottavio Caruso Ottavio Caruso -- No individual replies, please! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
