[Gllug] Top ten dangerous technologies

[Harry Rickards]

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On 05/14/09 15:53, John Hearns wrote:
> http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2241965/top-dangerous-technologies
> 
> At number 10? Linux!  Hell, its not even as dangerous as robotic weapons.
> So - in an Terminator vs. Tux fight, put your money on Arnie. Hasta la
> Vista Baby.
> 
> 
> 
> What a load of absolute FUD.
> "Free software works, never doubt that. But commercial software pays
> the bills a lot faster, and there are millions of people who depend on
> it for their next paycheck. I fear for them sometimes, envisaging
> times when people will hold cardboard signs up in the streets reading
> 'Will debug Windows for food.' "
> 
> Yet again, confusing Free and in Spech with Free as in Beer.
> And don't we have several people on this very list who work for Redhat
> - a company which makes a decent living from free software, thankyou
> very much.
> (Not sure if there is anyone from Novell/SuSE).
> And let's not forget there are plenty of people being paid in London
> to work on LAMP software.
Exactly. Didn't someone say Sun refused to use non-FLOSS software apart
from their own. Plus half of the stuff they make is FLOSS.

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Many thanks
Harry Rickards

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