Comments on: The Open Source ‘Census’ Lost Its Credibility http://techrights.org/2008/06/16/open-source-census-credibility/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2008/06/16/open-source-census-credibility/comment-page-1/#comment-12849 Roy Schestowitz Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:31:14 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/16/open-source-census-credibility/#comment-12849 More about <a href="http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/open-source-census-is-a-joke-i.html" rel="nofollow">" title="Open Source 'Census' is a joke. Isn't it?">this downturn</a>: <blockquote cite="http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/06/open-source-census-is-a-joke-i.html"> <h3>Open Source 'Census' is a joke. Isn't it?</h3> From the 'just cause you say it's true doesn't make it true' files: I see a lot of so called 'journalists' that write about Open Source with stories up today about The Open Source Census and Microsoft now becoming a sponsor. No joke - but I laughed out loud reading most of them. </blockquote> A <a href="http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/open-source-census-gaining-traction,433185.shtml" title="Open Source Census Gaining Traction Globally as Enterprises Gain Visibility Into Their Own Open Source Usage" rel="nofollow">press release</a> from OpenLogic confirms this. More about ” title=”Open Source ‘Census’ is a joke. Isn’t it?”>this downturn:

Open Source ‘Census’ is a joke. Isn’t it?

From the ‘just cause you say it’s true doesn’t make it true’ files:

I see a lot of so called ‘journalists’ that write about Open Source with stories up today about The Open Source Census and Microsoft now becoming a sponsor. No joke – but I laughed out loud reading most of them.

A press release from OpenLogic confirms this.

]]> By: DOUGman http://techrights.org/2008/06/16/open-source-census-credibility/comment-page-1/#comment-12838 DOUGman Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:04:49 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/2008/06/16/open-source-census-credibility/#comment-12838 When MS shows up, how hard is it to do an about face and walk away? People's love of money will show us how true they are to Linux. I don't understand why some cannot just tell the 'monster' to get lost. D. When MS shows up, how hard is it to do an about face and walk away? People’s love of money will show us how true they are to Linux.

I don’t understand why some cannot just tell the ‘monster’ to get lost.

D.

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