Comments on: There is a Disturbance in the Force Today http://mrpogson.com/2009/04/27/there-is-a-disturbance-in-the-force-today/ One man. Closing, all the windows. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:38:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Pogson http://mrpogson.com/2009/04/27/there-is-a-disturbance-in-the-force-today/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 Robert Pogson Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:36:05 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=460#comment-1378 The book has already been written, in 2003, "<strong><em><a href="http://www.ccianet.org/papers/cyberinsecurity.pdf" rel="nofollow">CyberInsecurity – The Cost of Monopoly</a></em></strong>". An appendix should be added with the high cost of attempting and not succeeding at keeping malware out of that other OS. The fellow who is the lead authour <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=85563" rel="nofollow">was fired</a>... <strong><em> <blockquote> Dan Geer, the former chief technology officer at @stake Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., was fired last week as a result of his participation in an independent study of the security implications of Microsoft Corp.'s monopoly hold on the software industry</blockquote> </em></strong> His employer did a lot of business with M$. I hope a few people got fired for buying Vista... How are their businesses doing now that there is a downturn? The book has already been written, in 2003, “CyberInsecurity – The Cost of Monopoly“. An appendix should be added with the high cost of attempting and not succeeding at keeping malware out of that other OS. The fellow who is the lead authour was fired…

Dan Geer, the former chief technology officer at @stake Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., was fired last week as a result of his participation in an independent study of the security implications of Microsoft Corp.’s monopoly hold on the software industry


His employer did a lot of business with M$. I hope a few people got fired for buying Vista… How are their businesses doing now that there is a downturn?

]]> By: Richard Chapman http://mrpogson.com/2009/04/27/there-is-a-disturbance-in-the-force-today/comment-page-1/#comment-1375 Richard Chapman Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:48:54 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=460#comment-1375 You are not alone in sensing some kind of organized offensive in the comment sections of blogs and articles regarding Linux and Open Source. I have noticed a consistency in tone across all the sites I visit. There are different types too. I have seen a lot of "Linux is ok for servers. I've used it myself but it's not ready for serious desktop use". Then there are the hate filled, ridicule inspired posts that use the same key words and phrasing. It's impossible to avoid thinking that there is some coordination behind these wide spread but similar posts. There also appears to be an effort to discredit the Linux poster. First they ask for "proof" in the form of links. When you give them some links they say they are biased or wrong. When you inform them why your links are valid the insults and ridicule fly. I've seen this over and over. People change and time will reveal much of what is hidden today. There's a lot of money keeping mission critical secret agendas under wraps. That money is slowly leaking away. It will be interesting to read the book "How Our Blind Reliance on Microsoft Hurt Us" (or whatever it will be called). It will be interesting but not surprising. You are not alone in sensing some kind of organized offensive in the comment sections of blogs and articles regarding Linux and Open Source. I have noticed a consistency in tone across all the sites I visit. There are different types too. I have seen a lot of “Linux is ok for servers. I’ve used it myself but it’s not ready for serious desktop use”. Then there are the hate filled, ridicule inspired posts that use the same key words and phrasing. It’s impossible to avoid thinking that there is some coordination behind these wide spread but similar posts. There also appears to be an effort to discredit the Linux poster. First they ask for “proof” in the form of links. When you give them some links they say they are biased or wrong. When you inform them why your links are valid the insults and ridicule fly. I’ve seen this over and over.

People change and time will reveal much of what is hidden today. There’s a lot of money keeping mission critical secret agendas under wraps. That money is slowly leaking away. It will be interesting to read the book “How Our Blind Reliance on Microsoft Hurt Us” (or whatever it will be called). It will be interesting but not surprising.

]]> By: Chris Moran http://mrpogson.com/2009/04/27/there-is-a-disturbance-in-the-force-today/comment-page-1/#comment-1373 Chris Moran Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:44:47 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=460#comment-1373 Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you. Chris Moran Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.

Chris Moran

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