On Sunday 15 June 2003 07:16, richard clark wrote: About Arlene Clarke MEP etc
Slashdot have a thread on this http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/13/1946243&mode=thread&tid=155&tid=99 > A UK Euro MP, Arlene McCarthy is preparing the groundwork > here, and you can read her views in the links given below, > where, at least in my humble opinion, she is completely > misrepresenting the dangers and likely effects on this (almost > certain) change to the legislation that she is spearheading. I agree. > >Mrs McCarthy reiterated her misleading statements along with > > insinuations about free/opensource software in the style of > > the Microsoft FUD department. My comment on there includes "The newspeak description of Free/Libre Software as "a different sort of monopoly" suggests to me the phrase passed through the Rt Hon MEP having come from a briefer. So can anyone pinpoint the briefing person, company, or interest concerned?" It certainly does sound similar to the MS brand of BS. -- From the Linux sofa or garden swing of Dr Adrian Midgley http://www.defoam.net/
