Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
CodePlex “a rigid foundation” for open source
Andy Updegrove, a lawyer and founder of ConsortiumInfo.org, says Microsoft has created with CodePlex a rigid foundation that has almost no wiggle room and a poorly crafted governance structure that concentrates authority at the top and leaves little power to others that might join the foundation.
The CodePlex foundation, funded with $1 million from Microsoft, includes four Microsoft employees among the six-person Board of Directors. Microsoft funded and helped found this foundation during the same week in which it was revealed that they were allegedly trying to unload anti-Linux patents.
“Microsoft has to try harder to convince people its heart is in the right place because so often it hasn’t been there [with open source],” says Updegrove. “Microsoft can’t control [the foundation].”
So it is time for you to be the judge – Do you think that CodePlex will be a valuable asset to the Open Source community?
Best Buy + Microsoft = Linux Poo
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I walked into Best Buy and noticed they literally have NO Linux notebooks available (unless you count the Mac Systems … which are kinda like linux…) anyhow – I asked a few representatives about Linux – and each basically told me the same thing.
- “Linux Sucks”
- “No one uses Linux any more – its not secure…”
- “Are you serious – you should not pay attention to those people who say linux is safer than windows – don’t believe the hype its all the marketing dollars from folks who are jealous against Microsoft”
- “Linux won’t work with that iPhone you have in your hand… your best option is Windows 7 It will work better than even the mac stuff over there… They don’t let me sell that stuff – in fact no one here can – except 1 guy… that’s because he is the newest on the toten poll.”
- Linux is the cause of most every virus infection in the world – did you know that all of our Windows machines come with anti-virus – try getting that with a linux machine…
I asked repeatedly about Linux machines – and i was steered towards Windows every time. Amazingly – I could not find 1 linux machine in any of their stores…
I wonder if there is something more sinister with all their Anti-Linux Marketing – but the Anti-Mac marketing was horrible – especially when they have the Mac’s sitting in the store !
This reminds me about Clif Guy’s Best rather Worst Buy Experience.
