[Sderby] Grauniad IT

[Alan Dunford]

On Thursday 22 Jan 2004 6:03 pm, Ashley Heath wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:42:33 +0000
>
> Dominic Knight <dom at overseal.uklinux.net> wrote:
> > Jack Schofield of the Guardian newspaper certainly makes it clear
> > which side of the fence he sits on with his article on page 22 of
> > the Inside IT section today. His misguided article misses the point
> > entirely on the subject of opensource, his suggestion that that bug
> > fixes can introduce as many problems as they solve, I considered
> > particularly poor quality reporting as this is just (if not more)
> > applicable from a closed source perspective. While agreeing that
> > changes can be made by companies using open source software he
> > implies that they are not often accepted by the group organising the
> > project, missing the point that it is rarely even possible to
> > suggest changes to a closed source project.
> >
> > Well, read it yourself if you get a chance.
> >
> > Still annoyed,
> > Dominic.
>
> Link to article Dom was referring to
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4840957-110837,00.html


Schofield is a suspected front man for Microsoft.  I have written to him on 
several occasions regarding his anti-Linux stance (I don't think that he 
mentioned Linux in that particular article) with no satisfaction.  He is a 
closed source man I fear.


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