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schestowitzhttp://identi.ca/conversation/47433156#notice-47816173 "@schestowitz Apple - "Thou shalt have no gods before me.""Aug 28 17:06
TechrightsBotTitle: Conversation - Identi.ca .::. Size~: 9.03 KBAug 28 17:06
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schestowitzhttp://www.technewsworld.com/story/70690.html?wlc=1283027399 "Nigel DeFreitas is a managing architect at ISO. He is currently investigating entity and relationship resolution and predictive model deployment -- technologies that help identify fraud and bring predictive models to market more quickly. "Aug 28 21:31
TechrightsBotTitle: Technology News: Developers: The Fast Track From Code to Cloud .::. Size~: 60.19 KBAug 28 21:31
schestowitzOdd...Aug 28 21:31
schestowitzSounds like the ISOAug 28 21:31
FurnaceBoytechnewsworldAug 28 21:35
FurnaceBoybargain bin at the domain name storeAug 28 21:35
schestowitzPay2PostAug 28 21:35
schestowitzThey just let companies contribute puff piecesAug 28 21:35
schestowitzLike HuffN'PuffAug 28 21:36
FurnaceBoy:)Aug 28 21:36
schestowitzhttp://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/08/26/242507/Tory-council39s-open-source-plans-stymied-as-government-considers.htmAug 28 21:36
TechrightsBotTitle: Error processing the URL: HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error .::. Size~: 0 KBAug 28 21:36
FurnaceBoyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/aug/27/bbc-mark-thompson-murdoch-mactaggartAug 28 21:37
TechrightsBotTitle:  BBC's Mark Thompson takes aim at Murdoch empire in MacTaggart lecture | Media | The Guardian  .::. Size~: 187.09 KBAug 28 21:37
schestowitzhttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/oracle-attacks-opensource/Aug 28 21:42
TechrightsBotTitle: Oracle-Google Suit Attacks Open Source Software | Threat Level | Wired.com .::. Size~: 96.15 KBAug 28 21:43
schestowitzHow much petrol do you reckon Ellison keeps in this HQ?Aug 28 21:43
FurnaceBoyi sometimes wonder about such things.Aug 28 21:45
FurnaceBoywaste makes the worl' go roun'Aug 28 21:46
schestowitzhttp://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368310,00.aspAug 28 21:46
TechrightsBotTitle:         Cloud Computing: Google Versus Microsoft | News & Opinion  | PCMag.com     .::. Size~: 90.32 KBAug 28 21:46
schestowitz"Google Versus Open Source"Aug 28 21:46
schestowitzWhat a generic headlineAug 28 21:46
FurnaceBoylolAug 28 21:46
schestowitzit doesn't even tell any newsAug 28 21:46
FurnaceBoy"Spy vs Spy"Aug 28 21:46
schestowitzYeahAug 28 21:46
schestowitzI avoid these articlesAug 28 21:46
schestowitzMSFT vs AppleAug 28 21:47
schestowitzand Google vs MicrosoftAug 28 21:47
schestowitzMcBush vs Bush...Aug 28 21:47
schestowitzThey present not the real battle of minds, just brandsAug 28 21:47
schestowitzWhoever you choose, you lsoeAug 28 21:47
schestowitzObama vs Hillary = Coke vs PepsiAug 28 21:48
schestowitz"I'll have a glass of water, ta!"Aug 28 21:48
schestowitzMac Asay: http://gigaom.com/2010/08/25/can-open-source-be-saved-from-itself/Aug 28 21:49
TechrightsBotTitle: Can Open Source Be Saved From Itself? .::. Size~: 55.52 KBAug 28 21:49
schestowitzAnother false choice guyAug 28 21:49
schestowitzBut I liked the second commentAug 28 21:49
schestowitzhttp://www.geekwithlaptop.com/microsoft-turnaround-%E2%80%9Cwe-love-open-source%E2%80%9DAug 28 21:55
TechrightsBotTitle:  Microsoft turnaround “we love open source” | Geek with Laptop .::. Size~: 28.72 KBAug 28 21:55
schestowitzIDG trolls started itAug 28 21:56
FurnaceBoyschestowitz: Asay is clearing a path for fauxpen crap like AzureAug 28 21:57
FurnaceBoyschestowitz: everybody has a job to do, ask arianna heheAug 28 21:58
schestowitzHehAug 28 21:58
schestowitzZure is not even fuaxpenAug 28 21:59
schestowitzIt's worseAug 28 21:59
FurnaceBoyof courseAug 28 21:59
schestowitzIt preaches in favour of other thingsAug 28 21:59
FurnaceBoythe 2nd comment is indeed worth itAug 28 21:59
schestowitzfuaxpen source is something elsAug 28 21:59
schestowitzfuaxpen source is something elseAug 28 21:59
schestowitzLike 'open' coreAug 28 21:59
schestowitzTHe trolls from ACCESS tried to call pro-FSF types fauxpenAug 28 21:59
FurnaceBoy"Aug 28 21:59
FurnaceBoytheir mistake was to equate all open source technology with Linux"Aug 28 22:00
FurnaceBoyum.Aug 28 22:00
schestowitzAzune [sic] is just utter liesAug 28 22:00
schestowitzOpenwashingAug 28 22:00
FurnaceBoythis PR line, "we changed our minds, we were wrong" is complete and utter fabrication.Aug 28 22:00
FurnaceBoyit insults the intelligenceAug 28 22:00
schestowitzMaybe yoursAug 28 22:00
schestowitzNot the PHBsAug 28 22:00
schestowitzThey would rather believe pricks in suits who take them to lunchAug 28 22:01
FurnaceBoyright, it even makes MS look 'human'. Oh, look, they're fallible. IT WASN'T A DELIBERATE AND CALCULATED STRATEGY. APOLOGISE, HIPPIES!Aug 28 22:01
schestowitzIf they don't agree to lunch, then they are 'irrational haters^TM'Aug 28 22:01
*FurnaceBoy sighsAug 28 22:01
FurnaceBoyyes.Aug 28 22:01
FurnaceBoyblandishmentsAug 28 22:01
FurnaceBoysoft bribesAug 28 22:01
FurnaceBoycarrot, stickAug 28 22:02
FurnaceBoysales, sales, salesAug 28 22:02
schestowitzMake the FSF strongwerAug 28 22:02
schestowitzIgnore/weaken the Mac Asays of the worldAug 28 22:02
schestowitzThey were never FOSSAug 28 22:02
schestowitzUsing Macs and raving about hypePhone while writing open source blogs and belittling RMS. He's one of many, but a prominent now after IDG and CNET gave him a blog (=readers)Aug 28 22:03
FurnaceBoyrightAug 28 22:03
schestowitzHe sucked up to the right people like AriannaAug 28 22:03
FurnaceBoybut it was inevitable that we would be surrounded by these clonesAug 28 22:03
schestowitzI think Stephen Shankland brought him to CNETAug 28 22:03
schestowitzI suppose you knowAug 28 22:04
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schestowitzHe was close to taking a job offer from MicrosoftAug 28 22:04
schestowitzOnly like 5 years agoAug 28 22:04
FurnaceBoyno, i don't have a big war room with little cutouts of all the turncoat bloggersAug 28 22:04
schestowitzAfter Novell IIRCAug 28 22:04
FurnaceBoyand a big tableAug 28 22:04
schestowitzThe danger is that people will point there and say, "*this* is FOSS"Aug 28 22:05
FurnaceBoyyes!Aug 28 22:05
FurnaceBoy"These cool jerks in shades. de icaza is their leader"Aug 28 22:05
schestowitzThis=Microsoft Azune, inviting Microsoft to FOSS conferences, Fog Computing, "RMS is stinkin' hippy"Aug 28 22:05
schestowitzHippie Aug 28 22:06
FurnaceBoyyes.Aug 28 22:06
schestowitzhttp://www.tmcnet.com/channels/crm-cloud-computing/articles/97290-open-source-cloud-dont-forget-crm.htmAug 28 22:06
FurnaceBoyThere's something wrong with himAug 28 22:06
TechrightsBotTitle: CRM Cloud Computing - Open Source, Cloud, Don't Forget the CRM .::. Size~: 79.17 KBAug 28 22:06
schestowitzThe CRMs are also fauxpen sourceAug 28 22:06
schestowitzALL of themAug 28 22:06
FurnaceBoy"RMS thinks money is evil"Aug 28 22:06
schestowitzMimicking each other's fake gownAug 28 22:06
schestowitzFurnaceBoy: RMS' uncle is STALIN!Aug 28 22:07
schestowitzRMS will rape your baby daughterAug 28 22:07
FurnaceBoyschestowitz: have YOU seen RMS' birth certicate? It says VladivostokAug 28 22:07
schestowitzWith JulianAug 28 22:07
schestowitzAfter Julian rapes her and raped 2 Swedish girls :)Aug 28 22:07
FurnaceBoyWhy won't RMS produce his birth certificate, asks Ballmer.Aug 28 22:07
schestowitzBetween presentations he gives ;-)Aug 28 22:07
schestowitzFurnaceBoy: he's from RussiaAug 28 22:08
FurnaceBoyno twitter bot?Aug 28 22:08
schestowitzHe's a Muslin from RussiaAug 28 22:08
schestowitzHe's a Muslim from RussiaAug 28 22:08
schestowitzThe M in RMS is Mohammed Aug 28 22:08
FurnaceBoyschestowitz: a dirty commie Aug 28 22:08
schestowitz:-)Aug 28 22:08
FurnaceBoyschestowitz: hates freedomAug 28 22:08
FurnaceBoyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that about sums it up.Aug 28 22:08
schestowitzBrings marxism to the white houseAug 28 22:08
cubezzzpffftAug 28 22:08
FurnaceBoyschestowitz: what happened to BNTwitter?Aug 28 22:09
schestowitzLet's seeAug 28 22:09
schestowitzOh, lagAug 28 22:09
schestowitzTwitter is kaputAug 28 22:09
schestowitzFor 3-4 days nowAug 28 22:09
schestowitzAPI slowAug 28 22:09
schestowitzAnother faker:Aug 28 22:11
schestowitzhttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUS273295320120100825Aug 28 22:11
TechrightsBotTitle: Eucalyptus strengthens its back end| Reuters .::. Size~: 49.57 KBAug 28 22:11
schestowitzI spotted it when nobody knew about it yetAug 28 22:11
schestowitzCalled it fake FOSSAug 28 22:11
schestowitz"strengthens its back end" (wait, it's preparing for Ballmer to fsck the project?)Aug 28 22:12
FurnaceBoylolAug 28 22:12
schestowitzThey connect with Azune [sic] nowAug 28 22:12
schestowitzSince some time agoAug 28 22:12
schestowitz11,122 blog posts now... I missed 11111Aug 28 22:13
schestowitzhttp://www.eweek.com/c/a/Midmarket/Cloudcom-Offers-Open-Source-Cloud-Computing-to-VMware-Customers-301682/Aug 28 22:14
FurnaceBoyschestowitz: oh yes, that's right. we may confidently infer Arianna is a friend of Paul Allen who won't, given her embedded role, be challenging his patent trolleryAug 28 22:14
TechrightsBotTitle: Cloud.com Offers Open Source Cloud Computing to VMware Customers - Midmarket from eWeek .::. Size~: 102.78 KBAug 28 22:14
schestowitzFake againAug 28 22:14
FurnaceBoyschestowitz: http://twitter.com/qu1j0t3/status/22383057578Aug 28 22:14
TechrightsBotTitle: Twitter / TT: #Microsoft is essentially  ... .::. Size~: 11.72 KBAug 28 22:14
schestowitzPaul Allen makes secret cruisesAug 28 22:14
schestowitzPress barred this yearAug 28 22:14
schestowitzShine some silver light on the vampireAug 28 22:15
schestowitzPuff piece: http://ostatic.com/blog/for-microsoft-and-others-proprietary-and-open-source-coexistAug 28 22:16
TechrightsBotTitle:  For Microsoft and Others, Proprietary And Open Source Coexist  .::. Size~: 45.77 KBAug 28 22:16
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schestowitzhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/aug/26/local-government-spending-open-standards-savingAug 28 22:18
TechrightsBotTitle:  Councils 'could save at least £51m' with shift to ODF and open source | Technology | guardian.co.uk  .::. Size~: 138.9 KBAug 28 22:18
FurnaceBoywow, that's a serious underestimateAug 28 22:18
schestowitzpublic sector aloneAug 28 22:18
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FurnaceBoyschestowitz: on the heels of the MS Kinect engineer interviews. the Globe and Mail is running pro-GMO articles in its science pagesAug 28 23:33
schestowitzwho is the authorAug 28 23:34
schestowitzCheck backgroundAug 28 23:34
schestowitzE.g. http://techrights.org/2010/07/21/conflict-of-interests-jonathan-jones/ http://techrights.org/2010/07/07/gmo-and-msbbc/Aug 28 23:35
TechrightsBotTitle: Jonathan Jones Acknowledges He is in Monsantos Pocket (Updatedx2) | Techrights .::. Size~: 104.66 KBAug 28 23:35
TechrightsBotTitle: Jonathan D. G. Jones Promotes Monopoly on Food, BBC Gives Him a Platform | Techrights .::. Size~: 106.41 KBAug 28 23:35
FurnaceBoyhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/scientists-crack-wheats-genetic-code/article1687208/Aug 28 23:42
TechrightsBotTitle: Scientists crack wheat's genetic code - The Globe and Mail .::. Size~: 87.46 KBAug 28 23:42
FurnaceBoysame old chestnuts, "Among the potential benefits: lower prices for bread and greater food security for the world's poor."Aug 28 23:42
FurnaceBoysounds like somebody is running for election.Aug 28 23:43

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