Linked by David Adams on Sat 17th May 2008 03:35 UTC, submitted by pas de calais
Peter Hintgens, writing at Freesoftware Magazine, explains why the adoption of Microsoft's OOXML as an ISO standard is a dreadful development, and explains how some open standards partisans are organizing to combat insufficiently-open "open" standards.
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RE[5]: Nothing to see here, move on
by sbergman27 on Mon 19th May 2008 04:56
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...when FOSS fans think nothing of associations with causes they embrace...
1. Please try not to argue in terms of 'you people'. Speak to individuals. Treating a diverse community as being all of a piece is a waste of time for all involved.
2. Why do you devote so much time and effort as you obviously do to being anti-FOSS? It seems like it would be more fulfilling to be pro-something and to work toward some constructive cause.
Edited 2008-05-19 04:58 UTC
RE[6]: Nothing to see here, move on
by tomcat on Mon 19th May 2008 19:41
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Member since:2006-01-06
1. Please try not to argue in terms of 'you people'. Speak to individuals. Treating a diverse community as being all of a piece is a waste of time for all involved.
LMAO! Yeah, it's probably my imagination. In all probability, FOSS advocates would never try to marginalize somebody as a "shill" or "astroturfer"... [cough]
2. Why do you devote so much time and effort as you obviously do to being anti-FOSS? It seems like it would be more fulfilling to be pro-something and to work toward some constructive cause.
Look in the mirror.
RE[5]: Nothing to see here, move on
by segedunum on Tue 20th May 2008 18:05
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Hilarious. If somebody had even the slightest connection (however many degrees of separation) to Microsoft, practically everyone around here would be jumping him as a "shill" or "astroturfer". Which strikes me a bit hypocritical when FOSS fans think nothing of associations with causes they embrace...