Thanks to UncleBob
for this link.
“How could anyone but a radical anarchist support a concept like
“free software”? It may seem like a boon for consumers. But they
should realize that a market totally free of prices is not likely
to produce quality…”
“OSS has a fatal flaw: it is based on a false theory of
production. For the sake of an imagined voluntary cooperative, OSS
rejects free market competition and loses the market’s distinct
advantages to meet consumer needs…”
“The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has been developing OSS
products since 1983 but has had little success in reducing consumer
allegiance to proprietary software….”
“GNU has found some success in combination with an OSS operating
system called Linux, a favorite of the Open Software
Initiative….”
“OSS shows that Nader and his allies – self-proclaimed consumer
advocates – do not have in mind the best interests of consumers.
His support for cyber-anarchism would deprive companies of their
property rights and deprive consumers of standard, quality
software…”