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Nandor Tanczos – The Open Source revolution

Posted by dcparris on · 11 comments
Scoop.co.nz (press release); By Nandor Tanczos 		Mail this story
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At one level, the open-source revolution has been won. When you use a Nokia phone, trade on eBay or do a Google search you're using open-source technology. Open-source pioneers such as Richard Stallman, founder of the free software movement, fiercely believed in the need to liberate cyberspace from the grip of proprietary vendors such as Unix and Microsoft.

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Comments (11)

chalex ·
There's an article I won't read!
jimf ·
I believe the phrase is " proprietary vendors such as Unix and Microsoft."

While I would have put Microsoft first, I don't see your problem with this. Unix is proprietary.
hiohoaus ·
I undestand; but "Unix" is not a vendor.

Finding misrepresentations that basic does not bode well for any sense in the rest of the article.
dcparris Story submitter ·
Might he have intended "UNIX vendors"? I think he just handled the phrasing in an awkward way. It's hard to know for sure though.
tuxchick2 ·
ya know, anyone can make a mistake, or worse, be afflicted with poor-quality editors. don't judge a whole article without reading the whole article.
grouch ·
tuxchick2: >"be afflicted with poor-quality editors"

Hey! I resemble that remark!
jimf ·
> Hey! I resemble that remark!

We all do grouch... Only tuxchick has that perfect editor and spells perfectly to boot :).
grouch ·
jimf:

Yeah, and she has that audible ping thing she won't share.
mvermeer ·
Groich: for audible ping you have to probe the pcspkr module. Does it for me.
grouch ·
mvermeer:

I don't think I compiled that with my current kernel. Anyway, my ping is defective and won't recognize the option so I have to use other means to annoy people within hearing.
tuxchick2 ·
grouch, generating a good active batch of healthy bowel tones is the best method for annoying anyone in hearing range. It's even funnier when they try to be polite and not notice.

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