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osViews: OSRM *IS* Free Enterprise

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 6, 2004

[ Thanks to Kelly
McNeill
for this link. ]

“Recently, Forbes magazine’s head cheerleader for Microsoft,
Daniel Lyons, wrote a critique of Open Source Risk Management, Inc.
(OSRM) and its services, including vendor-neutral indemnification.
As usual, Mr. Lyons filled his article with snide comments and ad
hominem arguments. (He gets paid for writing like this, folks.)

“I’m not surprised by Mr. Lyons’s comments, but I am surprised
by the reaction of some in the open source communtiy who have taken
Mr. Lyons’s bait. Mr. Lyons would have you believe that the people
at OSRM are hypocrites for offering services to defend open source
users against lawsuits…”


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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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