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:Open-Source Efforts Derailed by 'Loud Minority'
Open-Source Efforts Derailed by 'Loud Minority'
Mar 20, 2008, 16 :30 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (3005 reads)

(Other stories by Brett Winterford)

"Efforts to increase the adoption of open-source software are being derailed by the efforts of a 'loud minority' within the community who have made personal attacks on individuals who have expressed doubts about the software, according to one of the open-source movement's main advocates.

"Jeff Waugh of open-source advocacy group Waugh Partners was disheartened after a series of personal attacks directed at the heads of Australian government agencies..."

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As an activist in other arenas besides f ...   strategies vary   
Rob
Mar 20, 2008, 19:41:39
 
I always wonder this, whenever "the FOSS ...   What constitutes "the community"   
Alan
Mar 20, 2008, 21:43:18
 
"I mean, are we talking about developers ...   Couldn't be undercover operations?   
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Mar 22, 2008, 02:40:22
 
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