Erwin Tenhumberg Can Convince SAP to Stop Attacking Sun and Free Software

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2009-12-16 19:25:12 UTC
Modified: 2009-12-16 19:25:12 UTC

Summary: Erwin's belief system dances along with the paymaster, but surely he can do better than that

AS we have been showing for several weeks now, SAP is lobbying to destroy Sun along with important projects like OpenOffice.org. Erwin Tenhumberg departed from OpenOffice.org/Sun last year, willingly moving to SAP. Ever since, his actions have been ambivalent at best. He was involved in an EU strategy document, implicitly lobbying against Free software by lobbying for software patents in the Open Source Software Workgroup.

What's up with all that? Is it like Don Dodge [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], where people's actions are aligned with whatever tyrannical^* force pays the wage? This type of disloyalty to values and ethics is exactly what harms GNOME these days. What the world needs are people who stand up for justice, not capital. ⬆ _____ ^* The chain of command is identical to tyranny in such corporations.

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