[TriLUG] Harsh statements from Forbes with regard to IBM's Linux spin

[Glen Ford]

Rob,
thanks for the insight. Up until this point I thought of Forbes as being 
reputable. I am surprised that a senior editor is allowed to write such 
strongly worded comments.

/glen

Rob Rousseau wrote:
> Sounds to me like he is just spreading more FUD.  Personally, I don't 
> see him as exuding IT experience, except as a freelanced fictional 
> writer after not getting tenure at a major university..
> And then there is this about him.
> http://www.digitaldivide.net/blog/Taran/view?PostID=6988
> "Daniel Lyons is Not A Fanatic. He's Just From Another Planet. This is 
> just very poor writing with very poor research and very poor 
> comprehension of the topic. Sure, there are noisy fanatics - but have 
> you ever heard of a silent fanatic? No, of course not. Yet to write 
> something like that - if Lyons is a good writer - shows something else: 
> that he's trying to put a spin on things. The concept of Open Source or 
> even Free Software must be alien. It must be uncapitalistic."
> 
> -Rob


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