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- schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Laura what? Oh, I remember her.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Didio
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| An example of her opinion on how Open Source Software is handled shows
| in this remark (quoted from a phone interview from her home in
| Massachusetts): "The thing about Linux is, you can talk about a free,
| open operating system all you want, but you can't take that idea of free
| and open and put it into a capitalist system and maintain it as though
| it is some kind of hippie commune or ashram, because if you can do it
| like that, at that point I'm like, 'Pass the hookah please!'" [1]
|
| Even recently, after admitting that a SCO victory in their case against
| IBM seemed like an extreme longshot, Didio said, "There is a larger
| issue, though: Even if the SCO case gets dismissed entirely, it does
| not remove the copyright cloud hanging over Linux and open source." [2]
|
| [...]
|
| Unsurprisingly, Linux advocates have in response heavily criticised
| DiDio. Typical criticisms are a lack of formal Computer Science
| qualifications and promoting studies funded by Microsoft; frequently
| this has resulted in questioning of her integrity and her being
| characterised as "a Microsoft shill".
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How long before Rob weighs in? The Microsoft penny buys good quotes....
"I saw what appeared to be a word-for-word copy of about every third line of code in the central module of the Linux kernel", Rob Enderle
"many Linux supporters are a bunch of potty-mouthed malcontents. Enterprises are better off staying away from Linux and open source", Rob Enderle
"Linux is being widely used on the desktop in the third world, where applications are limited and labor is inexpensive", Rob Enderle
"I have a hard time seeing the Zealots as any different from terrorist .. I strongly believe that if September 11 showed us anything, it was that zealots", Rob Enderle
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