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Maryland takes stance against Open Source

flickr.com — Accident at the presses or MS conspiracy? I waited two months for these plates only to have my hopes dashed when these came in today. BSD truly is dying!!!

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  • cenarta, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Must have been a Windows server that prints the plates for Maryland ;)
  • fuzzyping, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I don't know why you think this. Both of my cars have these plain MD plates on them. The "OPENB D" plate you see on my flickr page is exactly what they sent me, why the fsck would I make something like that up???
  • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I hate to break it to you, but not all software you buy comes from the US.
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Are you one of those people that thinks he's an expert in this because "you like to AIM with your friends and you're really good at that Microsoft WordArt?"
  • stalefries, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1So, I don't quite get this. Did Maryland recently change their license plate design? The guy seems to have left a space specifically for some sort of "s" shape.
  • Skunkhair, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Rich kids!?!? "Oh, open source is BS, I BUY my software. I'm a commie." Yeah, you continue to use your bloated pricey software and I'll continue to download just as good, if not better and effn FREE software, because I'm so goddamned rich that I have to go download FREE software while you, poor bastard, continues to buy.
  • gbombs82, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0this isn't what md license plates look like at all, what gives? i'm from maryland and we have a couple styles but this is definetly not one of them
  • badskater, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1The Peoples Republic Of Maryland must have mistaken the S for $; no way they would let you get any of *that* back.
  • schestowitz, on 10/10/2007, -9/+2If you want to see a state going against Free software for real, then have a look at this very recent blog post.

    Open Source: Locked Into Uncertainty

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    | What I do find a little interesting is that Illinois officials would go out
    | of their way to help Microsoft create an anti-open source propaganda video.
    `----

    http://www.windley.com/archives/2007/08/open_source_locked_into_uncertainty.shtml
  • inactive, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1Open source is *****. I prefer people to pay to keep the US economy strong. I'm tired of all you rich kids wanting everything for free.

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