NewsForge: Bruce Perens Has Become a Distraction | Linux Today

NewsForge: Bruce Perens Has Become a Distraction

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 20, 2006

“Once a loud and effective Linux advocate, Bruce Perens has now
become, at best, irrelevant, and at worst, a distraction and
impediment to the success of Linux.

“Last week, Perens asked NewsForge to post a blog entry in which
he announced OpenSourceParking.com, a place domain registrars can
park users’ newly registered domains on a site that uses all open
source software. On the face of it, that’s a noble idea. In the
real world, it’s a quixotic waste of time and energy…”

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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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