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Woot.net: Why I hate the Open Source Community

[ Thanks to Joe
Drew
for this link. ]

“I used to be an Open Source advocate… But I can’t stand
it any more.
Evey single time I see the phrase “Open Source”
mentioned, it makes my teeth grind. It wears down on me. I really,
truly do hate Open Source with a passion.

“Richard Stallman is the man who’s championed the ideas which
have been behind the recent emergence of the GNU/Linux system most.
That’s not to say he’s been the most successful, but without rms,
his GNU project and the Free Software Foundation there would be no
“Open Source.”

“What you’re referring to, for the most part, when you say
“Open Source Software” is something that has been known for a
very long time as Free Software.”

Complete
story
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