Newsgroup: it.comp.os.dibattiti
Titolo: microsoft vs. opens source

Altro pane per i nostri denti:
"Microsoft is preparing a broad campaign countering the movement to
give away and share software code, arguing that it potentially
undermines the intellectual property of countries and companies. At
the same time, the company is acknowledging that it is feeling
pressure from the freely shared alternatives to its commercial
software."
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/03/technology/03SOFT.html
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 undermines the intellectual property of countries and companies. At
Le solite stronz-FUD.. non perdo nemmeno tempo a leggerlo.
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 Le solite stronz-FUD.. non perdo nemmeno tempo a leggerlo.
Leggi almeno la parte sull'IBM, e' divertente.
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 Leggi almeno la parte sull'IBM, e' divertente.
Hum, mi chiede di registrarmi.. non e' che abbia molta voglia. Me la
manderesti via mail? Su thorin ( at ) linux ( dot ) it
TIA.
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 Altro pane per i nostri denti:
[SNIP]
Della serie, hanno la faccia come il culo. Leggete questo:
"Microsoft would expand its sharing initiatives, he said. But he added that 
the company's proprietary business model was a more effective way to 
support industry standards than the open-source approach, which he said 
could lead to a "forking" of the software base resulting in the development 
of multiple incompatible versions of standard programs."
E con questo vorrebbero dire che proteggono gli standard? Ma ci facciano il 
piacere! E le reference implementation non si considerano?
balrog ):E...

 manderesti via mail? Su thorin ( at ) linux ( dot ) it
La parte divertente e' questa, la posto qui visto che e' corta:
Mr. Mundie [dirigente Microsoft] does not identify I.B.M. by name in
his speech, which was provided beforehand, but he says that large
companies are naďve in adopting the open-source model.  "I would
challenge you," he said, "to find a company who is a large established
enterprise, who at the end of the day would throw all of its
intellectual property into the open- source category."  An
I.B.M. executive said that his company had considered the issues
surrounding the protection of intellectual property and had decided
that it was possible to follow both a proprietary and a shared
business model, even one based on the G.P.L.  The executive, Irving
Wladawsky- Berger, an I.B.M. vice president, said, "If we thought this
was a trap, we wouldn't be doing it, and as you know, we have a lot of
lawyers."
C'e' anche un interessante commento di Raymond al fatto che MicroSoft
ha esplicitamente attaccato la GPL:
Today a proponent of the open-source software movement said he thought
that Microsoft was taking a clever approach in its challenge.  "It's
very clever of them," said Eric Raymond, president of the Open Source
Initiative. "Instead of attacking the entire open-source movement
they've singled out the one license that is in a sense politically
controversial."
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 support industry standards than the open-source approach, which he said 
Piu' che come il culo di un essere umano come il culo di Dumbo,
direi.. per affermare una stronzata del genere ci vuole una faccia
da culo non indifferente.
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 controversial."
Ovviamente, perche' Open Source per loro che praticano da sempre la
(in)security by obscurity e' visto come un fazzoletto rosso sventolato
agli occhi del toro, lo capirebbe chiunque.. ma non si rendono conto che
con questo patetico FUD si rendono sempre piu' ridicoli.
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