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____/ Homer on Monday 10 August 2009 15:18 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>> ____/ Homer on Monday 10 August 2009 02:10 : \____
>
>>> Listeners will undoubtedly come away from this interview with a
>>> sense that the Open Source business model is not only viable, but
>>> absolutely essential for the future, and that sceptics are
>>> Luddites, ultimately doomed to extinction.
>>
>> I sure hope so. He did leave the impression that he distrusts
>> Wikipedia, too.
>
> To which Szulik responded that Wikipedia's inaccuracies are more than
> compensated for by its currentness, translations, and collaborative
> methods that facilitates both timely corrections and more diverse
> subject matter.
>
> Like I said, Peter Day is a fuddy duddy. That doesn't make him evil, it
> just makes him old.
>
> Did I ever tell you the story of the day I phoned my elderly mother, and
> asked her to pull up a file on my PC, to get a phone number? I literally
> had to talk her through how to use a mouse. After several frustrating
> minutes, during which the pointer apparently failed to move for her, I
> finally figured out she was /waving the mouse in the air/.
>
> I'm sure Peter Day is quite the business expert, but he clearly knows
> nothing about Open Source, nor its corresponding business model.
>
> Hopefully Szulik has enlightened him somewhat, and maybe even taught him
> how to use a mouse, so he can click on the button to search for things
> such as "Open Source" on Wikipedia, which may hopefully enable him to
> speak more intelligently on the subject.
Yes, he was polite the article that they published later was quite positive.
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~~ Best of wishes
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