a colleague wants to write an article along the lines of the most
pernicious myths about open source software. so, in your opinion,
what would those be? let's stick to the top five, along with their
brutal and savage debunking. thanks.
rday
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On 11-06-28 08:25 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
a colleague wants to write an article along the lines of the most
pernicious myths about open source software. so, in your opinion,
what would those be? let's stick to the top five, along with their
brutal and savage debunking. thanks.
Oops, forgot the rest of you.
Sent from a locked proprietary device. I'm working on my freedom and I'll be
there one day.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Paul B red.l...@rogers.com
Date: 28 June, 2011 9:26:18 AM EDT
To: Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca
Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Paul B red.l...@rogers.com wrote:
Aside: WTF is with the need for right wing media to denigrate the
thinkers and explorers of today?
The right wing media has a list of 'beliefs' that they would have you accept
on faith. Things like, climate change is a
Just answering the question Brian.
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Brian Barber brianjbar...@gmail.comwrote:
This list is for technology questions. If you want to pursue this
conversation, please take it elsewhere.
Thanks,
Brian
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Rick
Given my background in IT security, one of the myths I saw about
OpenSource (at least in large corporate offices) is that it is less
secure and dangerous. Because of the other myths previously mentioned,
IT security people who only work in the closed source world see the
OpenSource as a threat, as
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Shawn H Corey wrote:
On 11-06-28 08:25 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
a colleague wants to write an article along the lines of the most
pernicious myths about open source software. so, in your opinion,
what would those be? let's stick to the top five, along with
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Paul B wrote:
Oops, forgot the rest of you.
Begin forwarded message:
From: Paul B red.l...@rogers.com
Date: 28 June, 2011 9:26:18 AM EDT
To: Robert P. J. Day rpj...@crashcourse.ca
Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what are the five myths about open source?
The most
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Rick wrote:
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Paul B red.l...@rogers.com wrote:
Aside: WTF is with the need for right wing media to denigrate the
The right wing media has a list of 'beliefs' that they would have
you accept on faith. Things like, climate change
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Jean-Francois Messier wrote:
Given my background in IT security, one of the myths I saw about
OpenSource (at least in large corporate offices) is that it is less
secure and dangerous. Because of the other myths previously
mentioned, IT security people who only work in the
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Shawn H Corey wrote:
On 11-06-28 09:57 AM, Jean-Francois Messier wrote:
Actually, OpenSource is more secure, as if one does not trust a
compiled program, he/she can recompile from source, and perform a
full source code inspection, which cannot be performed on closed
On 11-06-28 11:33 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
see my last post. i'm becoming increasingly convinced that simple
access to the entire current code base isn't*remotely* as important
as access to the entire version control log. and that's what i think
i'll emphasize.
It does not
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Shawn H Corey wrote:
On 11-06-28 11:33 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
see my last post. i'm becoming increasingly convinced that simple
access to the entire current code base isn't*remotely* as important
as access to the entire version control log. and that's what i
Robert, your link hints at the numbers: Mozilla claims 400 million users (see
firefox on wikipedia). Regardless of their enterprise foibles, you can bet that
most of those users don't even know they're using an open source platform every
time they visit their favorite website.
Regarding the
Hello Brian,
I believe this topic has some merit for this mailing list.
From: Brian Barber brianjbar...@gmail.com
To: Rick graham.r...@gmail.com
Cc: Ottawa Linux Users Group linux@lists.oclug.on.ca
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 9:47:55 AM
Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: what are the five
On Tuesday 28 June 2011 08:25:06 Robert P. J. Day wrote:
a colleague wants to write an article along the lines of the most
pernicious myths about open source software. so, in your opinion,
what would those be? let's stick to the top five, along with their
brutal and savage debunking.
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 09:01:07PM -0400, Mike Kenzie wrote:
On Tuesday 28 June 2011 08:25:06 Robert P. J. Day wrote:
a colleague wants to write an article along the lines of the most
pernicious myths about open source software. so, in your opinion,
what would those be? let's stick to
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