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____/ Homer on Saturday 26 July 2008 02:37 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Redefining Openness (with lawyers)
>
> I thought the Vole had already done that with "non-proprietary".
>
> So what are they going to define it as now, "non-good; doubleplus-bad;
> cancer that is spread by cheapskate; tree-hugging; hippie; unamerican;
> Goddamn Commie terrorists"?
>
> Did I miss any stereotypes?
>
> I just have /one/ for Microsoft ... racketeers.
>
> Oh wait, that's not a stereotype, it's a fact.
First they strip the "Free" off (thank you, ESR), then the "software"
and "source" and what you're left with is just this generic word "open",
which they assign to a competition-hostile proprietary format.
[More Open Than Open]: “I am constantly amazed at the flexibility of this
single word.” [1]
–Jason Matusow, arrogant xenophobe[2] from Microsoft
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[1] http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonmatusow/archive/2005/03/10/394009.aspx
[2] http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/07/microsoft-explains-open-source/
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