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fallinggrace.com: Logical Critique of Rob Enderle’s “Free Software and the Idiots Who Buy It”

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 14, 2004

[ Thanks to Neil
Wehneman
for this link. ]

“On August 3, 2004, Rob Enderle presented a keynote address at
SCO Forum entitled ‘Free Software and the Idiots Who Buy It.’ In
that address Mr. Enderle employed repeated logical errors,
accusations without evidence, and ad hominem attacks. He materially
confused the meaning of Free Software, as well as assigning
physical threats to the Groklaw / Free Software community without
proof.

“This paper is not an attempt to debate Mr. Enderle or the SCO
Group. Instead my goal is simply to show the numerous and
significant logical fallacies in Mr. Enderle’s address…”

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Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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