[LUAU] this just in - "Linux adopted by heathen Cuban Communists, ditching US Microsoft Windows!" -- FOX News (grin)

[Al Plant]

Jim Thompson wrote:
> Angela Kahealani wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 2005-05-17 13:58, Jim Thompson wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Linux was developed by Finnish computer scientist Linus Torvalds
>>> based on the Unix operating system.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> No, the vast majority of the GNU system was developed by Richard 
>> Stallman and company, and Linus only delivered a kernel to replace the 
>> behind schedule Hurd kernel PORTION of the GNU free replacement of UNIX.
>>  
>>
> The statement "linux was developed by Linus" isn't even true.  Oh sure, 
> he leads the effort,
> but there are a lot of people involved.
> 
> BTW, I was *quoting*.    I know all about (and mostly agree with rms on) 
> the politics of "GNU/linux" .vs "linux", and have even argued that 
> "TPOSSCON" should be "TPFOSSCON" (Trans Pacific Free & Open Source 
> Software CONference), pronounced Tee-Foz-Con.  :-)
> 
> Cuba & linux:
> http://www.linux.cu/
> 
> But back to the story.   I think this transition will start happening 
> more and more, especially in the (so called) third world.  Microsoft no 
> longer loves its users:
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/jan05/01-26GenuineAdvantagePR.asp 
> 
> http://www.betanews.com/article/The_Truth_About_Windows_Genuine_Advantage/1116005058 
> 
> http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/windows/story/0,10801,100756,00.html 
> 
> 
> And don't forget the new Microsoft "licensing model", where you almost 
> literally "rent" Windows:
> http://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/sample/DOMIS/update/2004/04apr/0404saacd.htm 
> 
> 
> Or the pain (and expense) of "staying legal" when running Microsoft 
> products:
> http://www.sensiblesoftware.com/articles/a/Microsoft-s-Licensing-Model-sigh.html 
> 
> 
> Back when I was in the corporate world, I used to *love* getting some 
> pro-Microsoft CFO/CEO to public commit to purchasing all the licenses 
> required for "compliance", and then submitting the paperwork showing how 
> much it was going to cost.   Man, do they do the "OMG"/"this can't be 
> true" dance.
> 
> Microsoft is the ultimate virus.   For years they've allowed themselves 
> to infect the world with buggy, dangerous products.  Now that they're 
> *literally* everywhere, they want you to pay (and keep paying) for them 
> to fix their broken stuff.
> 
> Likely they would have executed the master plan by now, except for 
> linux, and FOSS.
> 
> Jim
> (who still thinks that freebsd is better for some things.)
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