Amazing rebuttal to MS open-source FUD

Andrew Mathews andrew_mathews
Mon May 17 11:31:13 PDT 2004


"Philip J. Koenig" wrote:
> 
> The article below includes an amazing, although long, letter from a
> Peruvian government official responding to the local Microsoft rep's
> contention that the recent Peruvian government inclination to
> standardize on open-source software will (to paraphrase) result in
> the demise of the software industry, heh.
> 
> I wish US officials had the clarity and perception of this guy.
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25157.html
> 
> --
> Philip J. Koenig                                       pjklist at ekahuna.com
> Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium

Quite a good read. This guy really picks Microsoft's arguments to
pieces, hands them their hat, and kicks them out the door, all with a
polite, "don't try your bulls*&t on us" attitude.
-- 
Andrew Mathews
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