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11 Biggest Open Source Success Stories That is (sic) Changing The World As We Know It

Posted by kiterunner on · 12 comments
Tech Drive-in; By Manuel Jose
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According to Fortune, Open Source is slowly gaining acceptance in the corporate world. More and more corporates are beginning to see the merits of Open Source and have started embracing it. But all these changes didn't happened overnight. It was rather a painful journey. 'Sharing' was never a good thing for Corporates until recently. These changes were largely brought about by a string of Open Source success stories that happened over the years.

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11 Biggest Open Source Success Stories That ARE Changing The World As We Know It

Just had to say that. Proper English in needed on the internet.
Ahem...

Proper English IS needed on the internet.
"Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?"
A typo is not the same as a grammatical error.
So? A Nazi is a Nazi. And since Godwin's Law was validated by the thread's title, I have no qualms in saying so.
Grammar are a cultural construct.
I also find the use of Nazi in this way offensive. How can one equate trying to get people to use good grammar with the systematic murder of 12 million people, including 6 million Jews and 3 million Roma. Equating bad grammar with genocide cheapens the meaning of the term Nazi.
I get the impression that the author is not a native English speaker. There is a contact form for submitting helpful feedback.
It all starts with the demand for conformity. Jeff91 self-identified as a Nazi, and in this case it fits. He doesn't seem to care that English could be Manuel José's second language; rather than comment on the message, he'd rather attack the messenger. Yet, in the process, Jeff91 fails to meet his own demands.

A fantastic quote from the openly gay Eric Allman, author of sendmail:

Quoting:There is some sort of perverse pleasure in knowing that it's basically impossible to send a piece of hate mail through the Internet without its being touched by a gay program. That's kind of funny.
"Grammar Nazi" is actually a common term:

[url=http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Grammar Nazi]http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Grammar Nazi[/url]

LOL gus3. I'm saving that one :D

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