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:Linux.com: Joe Barr Rips Proprietary Software Vendor a New One
Linux.com: Joe Barr Rips Proprietary Software Vendor a New One
Mar 12, 2007, 23 :15 UTC (2 Talkback[s]) (8907 reads)

(Other stories by Joe Barr)

"It seems to be a trend among some proprietary software vendors: attacking open source with lies. The latest appears in this week's Network World's Face-off, which features a slop-bucket full of self-serving hogwash by Ipswitch's Roger Greene entitled 'Don't trust your network to open source.'

"If ignorance were a crime, Greene would be swinging from the gallows. His pathetically malinformed drivel is enough to make even hardened PR flacks cringe with embarrassment. Greene's marketing agenda is based on what he claims are three myths about open source. Just for the fun of it, let's take a look at his claims..."

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Don't buy networking products from a ...   Don't buy networking products from Ipswitch.   
SM
Mar 12, 2007, 23:28:31
 
You certainly should not use 'open s ...   Still some truth in it.   
Rainer Weikusat
Mar 13, 2007, 11:40:06
 
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