Linux Geeks To Take Over World 511
B'Trey writes "According to this story by Rob Enderle of TechNewsWorld, Linux geeks are one of the most powerful forces in the world and are set to become the next Mob. Does this mean I get to wear a cool fedora and carry my distro CDs in a violin case?"
You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:5, Funny)
Does this mean I get to wear a cool fedora and carry my distro CDs in a violin case?
If your stick-on Vulcan ears don't interfere with the hat and if there's ample room in the violin case for your fake lightsaber... why not?
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:2, Funny)
Oh wait, thats me!
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:5, Informative)
Vroom vroom, Rob. Fire up your stupid Ferrari laptop and go from zero to troll in 3.4 seconds.
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:5, Insightful)
Open source hackers -- the old "cathedral" FUD notwithstanding -- have always been a collection of individuals who relied upon their own unique skills to bring new ideas to the table and to share them with others.
Perhaps this union would better suit the MCSE crowd.
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:5, Insightful)
No big organization is entirely free of corruption and greed and unions are no different. For all their flaws, they have done some good. Look at history. What were conditions in the factories like before unions? It was these horrible conditions that gave rise to unions in the first place.
Unions are far from perfect, but so is management at most companies. Just look at the US Airways story [timesonline.com] to see why unions are still needed.
No morons where? (Score:3, Insightful)
Using the Bar Association as an example of an organization that knows how to keep morons out probably wasn't the best choice.
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:3, Interesting)
Basically when IBM decides that it's time to take pensions away, the mailing list activates, and all employees send an e-mail to Sam Palmisano at the same time, threatening to strike if the pensions are taken away.
It's just coordination, that's all. If just one guy sends the e-mail to Sam, he gets fired. If everyone sends an e-mail at t
My note to Mail Author (Score:3, Insightful)
You're dead wrong. You're so wrong it's amazing. In creating comparisons between unions, large corporations, and movements, you are being more than mildly unwise, and making yourself look like, in so many ways, someone who is both paid to know what he's talking about, and completely unaware of what he is talking about. Your article is more of a 'run away from Linux' pile of steaming bison-dung than almost anything else I have read in years. The pa
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:3, Insightful)
He is trying to scare people away from Linux, by saying that the developers are all powerfull. Like as if they could just uninstall the software and source from your syste
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:4, Insightful)
This is the kind of article that, if presented to a freshman composition instructor, would be returned with red text in the margin saying "I'm not accepting this until you actually do some research. This work is unacceptable."
He was so far off the mark it was almost comical. He reminded me of an old man sitting in the park, mumbling about how we "oughta just nuke all them arabians, and dem Frenchies, too". You hear him talk, you marvel at the absolute lack of clue, and you wonder if he's just putting you on... Then you realize, no, he really IS that feeble-minded.
And you go have lunch, completely putting the weird old fart out of your mind.
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:3, Funny)
He's NOT "off the mark" - it's FUCKING PROPAGANDA!
Propaganda is not "off the mark" - it's deliberately deceptive crap. He knows PRECISELY that he is completely full of shit and he spouts it anyway.
In that, he is EXACTLY like Bill Gates and George Bush.
He makes Larry Ellison look like Pinochio.
Moron or propaganda? Both!! (Score:4, Insightful)
Of course, his argumentation is weak enough to make him look like a moron. Which he probably is, otherwise he would act in a more subtle and difficult to disprove way.
Let's have a look at his technique:
1) He starts with the probably valid point that the emergence of a Software Labor Union is not unlikely, due to reasons he lists IMHO correctly.
2) "Linux: Critical Mass Requirement Met"
Here, he jumps to talking about a union of Open Source developers, conveniently ignoring that the worst working conditions are reported from (closed source) game development studios. Which is where I would expect the first Software Labor Unions to pop up.
He goes on to talk about "Linux and open source has penetrated most technical schools, government IT shops, and technology companies", in order to make it sound more dangerous.
In order to buy this so far, you have to be uninformed or stupid. But this paragraph could still be excused as a slip in wording by a guy that needs a bit of pep in his article
3) "Linux: Organization Requirement Met"
Much talk about the trouble SCO is in, and vague accusations about criminal activities for which the Open Source is supposedly responsible.
Again, he conveniently ignores that SCO made most of the trouble for itself. Sueing a company like IBM who can afford excellent lawyers itself, plus pissing off your own (ex-)business partners is hardly a good strategy.
More talk about how "its [Microsofts] supporters often appear as an endangered species during a government-approved hunting season". By now, we are clearly in propaganda country.
3) "Linux: Power Requirement Met"
Here, Enderle talks about how Maureen O'Gara wrote an article about PJ of Groklaw and the resulting backlash forced Sys-Con to pull the article.
"Linux effectively made good on a threat that is beyond even Microsoft's reach, and often beyond the U.S. government's reach. That threat is putting your company out of business if the desired result is not achieved"
Wrong on two accounts:
a) There were no "threats" in the way a mobster would make them.
b) Microsoft has done similar things before. By other means, but they have put companies out of business that got in their way. Remember Netscape?
"What is even more amazing is the effort was so powerful it may have eliminated a sister publication as collateral damage. LinuxWorld may no longer be a viable publication after the voluntary departure of its entire editorial staff."
And the editorial staff explicitly said that they were leaving due to lack of journalistic integrity on part of the publisher. Forgot to mention that, Mr.Enderle?
4) "Linux: Leadership Unmet"
Here, he tries to pass of the Open Source community as fanatics and lunatics who use their power irresponsibly. To back up his argumentation, he gives a few links to media who have picked up the story about O'Gara and claims the effort backfired.
But if you actually follow the links, O'Gara does NOT look like the good girl in this controversy.
Overall, Enderle comes off as a second-rate propaganda writer rather than as an analyst.
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:3, Insightful)
Hear, hear. After actually reading TFA my mouth kinda dropped open. Judging from the description in the Slashdot post this was supposed to be "a good thing". The Enderle by-line made me suspicious. And rightly so: a misguided article claiming that Linux has done all these bad things, and should be feared!
I definitely liked t
Re:You still won't get a date on Friday. (Score:2)
Umm... (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, but the jocks are still going to kick your ass.
Re:Umm... (Score:2, Funny)
I'm as geeky as they come, without really being into Star-Trek, Star-Wars, comic books and anime (I like them, I'm just not nuts about it all). I think it does a disservice to geeks to suggest they can't
Re:Umm... (Score:5, Funny)
That settles it, I'm _definitely_ not growing up.
Re:Umm... (Score:3, Funny)
Sure, but the jocks are still going to kick your ass.
Not when I have my high power, full auto CD disc gun! Let them laugh when they have old Knopix discs and Fedora test releases sticking out of bloody wounds.
"But pity stayed his hand. It is a pity my gnu has run out of bullocks." - Bilbo Stallman
Power to reproduce (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Power to reproduce (Score:2)
Slashdot: The Last Generation. *whoosh* *trumpets*
This isn't new... (Score:2)
A story without much of a point (Score:4, Interesting)
I don't think, however, that this has much to do with IT unionization.
There will always be vandals. There will always be workers who would benefit from a union. The story failed to connect these ideas.
Meh.
Re:A story without much of a point (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:A story without much of a point (Score:2)
Let it
Why u wanna repeat those lies? (Score:4, Insightful)
Enderle is still trying to work that meme but no one has shown it to be factual.
The majority of zombies are WINDOWS boxes.
None of SCO's claims of "threats" or "attacks" have been substantiated. Yet if they WERE attacked, it would be ultra-easy to post the logs showing it.
SCO's "evidence" of the "attacks" are the same as the "millions of lines" of "stolen" code they've claimed. Non-existant.
Re:A story without much of a point (Score:2)
I think this is representative of the FUD side of Microsoft having begun to realize that Linux is very much about passion. The argument is no longer going to be about t
Cool fedora (Score:2)
begging the quotation (Score:2)
--Josh Billings
Linux Geek take over...THEN (Score:2)
Author (Score:5, Funny)
Keep the violin (Score:2)
Muhahaha!! (Score:2)
Love, Hugo.
Re:Muhahaha!! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Muhahaha!! (Score:2)
-b
Re:Muhahaha!! (Score:2)
Commentary, not journalism (Score:4, Insightful)
The reason why this is a commentary and not an article is because there are few or no facts to back up the majority of what Rob Enderle says. I personally consider that unprofessional, even if it doesn't technically break the rules.
-Jem
Enderles just upset... (Score:2)
Maybe you should just come right out and call us all nazi nigger homo terrorists Rob?
Maybe that will give you the reaction you so desperately crave?
Real Simple, Rob (Score:2)
They are using Free / Open Source Software and spending time instead of money. Gu
Heh. (Score:3, Funny)
I guess, but I'd recommend replacing that condom in your wallet once a year.
I predict a riot (Score:2)
The Most Powerful Labor Union in the World: Linux? (Score:2)
The Most Powerful Labor Union in the World: Linux?
Great, now Linux geeks are going to be called communists AGAIN.
Google for Enderle before you react (Score:2)
I don't need to make a case against Enderle. Google will do it for me.
Am I proud of this? (Score:2)
Union? Linux? (Score:2)
That, and this guy, writing for an online mag I've never met, is a bit delusional about this massive mob of millions of Linux people who all work together.
But it's a great way to sell advertising.
Re:Union? Linux? (Score:4, Informative)
"one of the worst articles ever"?
Before you make such sweeping statements perhaps you should google for Enderley's other articles which easily outstrip even this article. The man is a master of crap, thank you very much. Not easily achieved!
Zoom zoom zoom... (Score:2)
Heh. (Score:2)
Re:Heh. (Score:2)
I thought that the way Bush acts was reason enough to assume that he's a crackhead.
Re:Heh. (Score:2)
I thought that the way Bush acts was reason enough to assume that he's a crackhead.
No, the reason to assume Bush is a crackhead is the cocaine habit he kept throughout much of the late 1970s. Well done, red states!
Re:Heh. (Score:2)
So there. Former crackhead.
It would be nice. (Score:4, Insightful)
The problem is, a good number of geeks are anti-union. Not for any clear reason, as unions originally formed in England in the times of King Charles (in coffee houses, no less, which is why he banned them), as a means of providing health insurance. Members donated money towards a fund, and when someone got sick, the union payed for the best care they could afford.
Today, there are health providers for that, working in a closed fashion, picking providers by means of a closed algorithm, choosing whether to pay or not by a closed review based on closed criteria you will never see. For some reason, many geeks find this preferable to a member-run union system, which could be as open as you liked.
Unions also guarantee that employees have reasonable rights. Not everything in the book, but reasonable rights. At present, equal rights at work is something that's put on a poster, but rarely practiced. With a union that is balanced in membership and structure, that could be reversed very rapidly. Of course, there are some who would object to equality and employment by merit, but I think most people are out of the Middle Ages at this point.
Of course, there are corrupt Unions. America is filled with them, where there is virtually no balance, little honesty or integrity, and just as much closed-mindedness as they were intended to defeat.
So? Are you telling me that the nation's brightest and best (cos to be a geek, you practically have to be!) can't build a better Union? They've wiped the floor with proprietary software, overwhelmed and "Turned" many corporate giants, but can't even come up with a working system to govern their own lives?
If the only Unions in history had been Evil Monsters, I might be sympathetic. But ignorance produced by closed-source attitudes is the very Evil that geeks are commited to destroying.
POWER (Score:2, Funny)
Got root?
Joking aside (Score:4, Interesting)
Unions have historically been necessary in professions where the employees have been at a severe economic disadvantage to the employer. In such cases, the employee would suffer more greatly by being punished by the employer than by doing some odious task. A great example is the auto industry where thousands upon thousands of workers would be literally unable to support themselves if the factory left town. The management is able to use this knowledge and leverage it into forcing longer hours for worse pay upon the workers. It is only through unionization and the threat of collective/mass work stoppage that the management is kept in check.
In the modern age, unions have been a device to demand better treatment for worse productivity. They have ceased to be helpful guardians of employee rights and have become oppressive bureaucracies in their own right. This is not really a good direction, IMO.
If the primary goal of a union ought to be the protection of worker rights and the establishment of a partnership in which both management and the employees receive favorable outcomes. It should seek to balance the power of the employers with the needs of the employees.
However in the software world, the employees are not hamstrung by monetary concerns. Any Joe Programmer can pick up a cheap $200 bare bones PC and a copy of Linux and be programming the next great thing. He doesn't need management to do this.
So management, despite its seeming power, does not actually have very much leverage over any IT employee. It is not the case that if the company packs up and leaves town that the computer engineer is suddenly out on his ass. Rather, he still has the tools at his disposal to continue productive work on his own.
Because of this natural balance in the IT industry, it will never make sense to have an industry-wide union.
Re:Joking aside (Score:4, Interesting)
Aircraft mechanics, for instance, have fantastic unions. They guarantee their members have the necessary skills and training, as well as pay, that they need to perform their highly stressful jobs well. They know that, without a union, the money would not be spent on important aspects of their jobs, and that, when things went wrong, the mechanics would be the first ones to take the blame. So, they band together to say "If you fire the guy who cleans parts, or replace him with your retarded son-in-law, you fire all of us," and this makes sure the job is done correctly.
This sounds like the most useful aspect of a technical union, imho. Managers and PHBs will cut costs until wires are sparking and nobody is left working at the company who knows how to use whatever program the business is 90% dependent upon. Traditionally, consultants have filled this niche by providing a reliable supply (at inflated prices) of technical knowledge and fire-fighting services for when the cost-cutting goes a little too far and the last competent IT guy quits to become a BMX biker. Normally, at this point, a consultant would come in with the newest version of $BIG_BIG_SOFTWARE and switch the entire company, or at least provide transition services until new staff can be found and trained.
With Open Source, that model doesn't work as well. Yet, there is still a need for highly competent technical know-how of the types of things that only come up every couple of years. How does an Open Source shop guarantee that the boss doesn't fire the only guy who knows how to debug a kernel?
Re:Joking aside (Score:2)
Re:Joking aside (Score:2)
"However in the software world, the employees are not hamstrung by monetary concerns. Any Joe Programmer can pick up a cheap $200 bare bones PC and a copy of Linux and be programming the next great thing. He doesn't need management to do this."
Don't worry, software patents are here to close this loophole. That way all you will need to start your own software company is $200 for your PC and $x millions to license various roadblock patents.
Re:Joking aside (Score:3, Interesting)
Before you or any other keep on going with the anti-union stance, let me tell you something. I've been in IT for 20+ years, contracting, consulting and working in corporate IT depts. before the Y2K meltdown. I think I've essentially seen it all, from the last days of punched card systems to the current M$ techno dead land (or desert, whatever. It's worse than the bad old days of "Snow white and the seven dwarfs", something the younger crowd here on
More Enderle FUD. (Score:5, Insightful)
My read is that this is a pathetic attempt to link "Linux" and "union" in the minds of IT management. The article is absurd on it's face. It relys on a redefinition of the words "Linux" and "union" in order to make it work, thus rending the entire ridiculous screed meaningless.
Earth to Rob Enderle (Score:2)
SCO's problems are due
This is WAR! (Score:5, Insightful)
At no time in history has a technology firm been as thoroughly attacked as SCO.
In 2003, SCO started a lawsuit against IBM, began spreading FUD, and demanded $699 for every copy of Linux. Their lies have been attacked, as they should be. SCO's business has suffered because of this, but that's just collateral damage. If you offend a lot of people, a large number of them will respond negatively.
their executive leadership has been threatened, and their ability to function has been almost completely eliminated.
That's what happens when you attack a community. But it was wrong to make physical threats. Please don't imagine that because someone made a threat then all people against SCO must all be terrorists.
In addition, companies using Linux technology and not complying with the GPL generally face a combination of legal and public relations exposures
EXACTLY. People who commit civil torts should face legal sanctions. Why is the article suggesting it's wrong to enforce a licence? Should Microsoft or IBM not enforce their licences?
Let's take the most powerful software company in the world, Microsoft, and imagine a scenario where they had a problem with a negative article. Generally they could call and complain
And that's pretty much what happened - a large number of people complained to the publisher and the advertisers. It is their right, isn't it? It's not mob rule to complain when someone pisses you off.
The O'Gara/PJ saga also demonstrates the lack of mature leadership.
There was no leadership... just a large number of individuals who expressed their views on MOG's article. Linux folks don't need no stinking leadership. Linux isn't a union or a political party.
Without strong leadership any organization with this much power can easily find itself with an image more similar to that of organized crime
I really can't see anyone organizing Linux folks on anything other than a technical level. Too diverse, too independent, too spread out across the globe, too focused on technical issues, too apolitical probably.
I have to wonder if this is just another round in the MS/Linux war. Enderle seems to have picked his side - the one with the money - and is attacking the enemy to the best of his ability. Fortunately, that's not a big threat.
Re:This is WAR! (Score:2)
Apparently when one persons complains it's okay, but when many complain it's mob rule...
The real question is what he means with "mature leadership", should a company with their marketing slimers take on this cat hearding task? The gove
IT does not fit into unions (Score:4, Funny)
Unions are for sheep, IT people are cats... we don't hurd well.
Re:IT does not fit into unions (Score:3, Funny)
Re:IT does not fit into unions (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, I tried installing the Hurd once and it wasn't pretty.
Not "cats", but "retards" (Score:4, Informative)
1. Being disconnected from reality, and believing in nutjob ideals of purity and perfection, instead of more realistic compromises that work.
Which is at least mildly entertaining when it comes to "vi vs emacs vs Eclipse vs VS.NET" flame wars, in which some small detail is inflated to mean "it's not 100% perfect, so it 100% sucks." But it's less funny to see people shaft themselves and screw up their own life in pursuit of that pure utopia and relentless shunning anything less than perfect. Between something like (A) having a boss that shits on you, demands 84 hour weeks, makes "YOUR job could be the next to move to India" a corporate motto, and generally makes Dilbert's PHB and Catbert look like good compassionate folks, and (B) a union, a nerd will keep option A because B isn't 100% perfect.
2. Disconnected from reality again, in the form of believing in nut-job extremist theories, of course dressed up to look like some 100% perfect ideal as mentioned above. You're pretty much not a nerd if you don't really believe in some oriental religion, or magic, or global conspiracies, or... some bullshit idealization of pure unregulated capitalism, 19th century style. Which is what we're seeing waved around every time someone mentions unions.
"Noo, unions just let people demand more pay for worse performance! They get in the way of capitalism! Let's get rid of minimum wages, unemployment benefits, medical insurance, etc, too! Make those lazy bums work harder!"
Well, guess what, folks? That unregulated capitalism didn't work _that_ great for the country. It just served to funnel most of the benefits into the pockets of a small oligarhy, while 90% of the population was living only _barely_ better than slaves on a plantation, and were left to literally starve the instant they had an accident and couldn't work any more.
Using _that_ model to rise productivity and GDP, yeah, would work, except it wouldn't be _you_ who sees any benefits out of it. You'd just have over half the factories producing bigger yacht and personal planes for CEOs while you're starving on a miserable wage. That's what historically did happen.
3. Insecure. Nooo, maybe the boss will fire me if I don't kiss his ass and lick his boots. Or god forbid join a union that says "no, sorry, 110% unpaid overtime is right out." Better keep a low profile instead, not stand out from the crowd, and line up for the daily boot licking routine like everyone else.
Instead let's whine on
Guess what, folks? It won't. If you're even vaguely tempted to compare your job to Dilbert comics, chances are that your management already knows you're spineless. They won't grow a compassionate side, they'll keep piling shit upon you and thinking it's _normal_. That's how you got there in the first place.
4. Hidden behind a "Nice Guy" (TM) facade. Nah, can't do something as nasty as, ugh, a strike to the boss. Would tarnish that "Nice Guy" facade and all that.
5. In reality not that nice, and self-centred to ridiculous extremes. Just you're the smart guy, everyone else is a retard, right?
The sad reality is that your average nerd doesn't want to fight for _others'_ rights. "Whaaat? And end up having to do a strike too, to support workers from another company? Why would I want to go on strike when it's not about _me_?" seems to be another major theme that pops up on these boards and others each time someone even mentions unions.
Well, guess what, folks? You're not really the centre of the universe. The Real World (TM) is a give-and-take place. People will help you if you help them. That's what it's all about. If you want it all to be only about _you_, then you're on your own. And that's how the IT worker conditions got to be the mess that they are.
Re:IT does not fit into unions (please MOD UP) (Score:3, Interesting)
Of course they weren't. You were a competitor. Did the union hire you? If not, it was management making an end-run around the union. I wouldn't expect a union to *let* you do their work, let alone *help* you.
I was not allowed to open a server case
I wouldn't let an outside contractor (let alone a competitor) touch my servers either. But, then again, I'm competent to fix my own prob
Smells like FUD to me (Score:2)
Also it seems he's a fan of the journalism standards of Maureen O'Gara. hmm.
I think it's one of those PR marketing "hits" more than an article.
Question (Score:2)
If you take the argument past software, ... (Score:2)
The basic idea is this: What if the smart mobs take over? Not just software, but everything?
We see these open developments happening first in software, then elsewhere.
First Open Source software, then Open Source encyclopedia, then Open Source manufacturing, etc., etc.,. It d
Great a Union... (Score:2)
What a load of bull... (Score:2)
In a coordinated combination of attacks which included a broad DOS attack on Sys-Con and an e-mail attack on Sys-Con's advertisers, Linux effectively made good on a threat that is beyond even Microsoft's reach, and often beyond the U.S. government's reach.
Cool Fedora (Score:2)
Only is you are using RedHat Fedora. :+>
And we are giving this guy free publicity - why? (Score:2)
Two Words... (Score:2)
the internet was supposed to be this.... (Score:2)
Oh boo-hoo (Score:2)
"its supporters often appear as an endangered species during a government-approved hunting season. "
Not one comment about how people are leaving Microsoft for...just pulling an example out of thin air here but setting up an Exchange server. First you need to buy the Exchange media. Then the licenses to connect to it. Then the Outlook lice
Don't fear the penguins (Score:2)
O'Gara (Score:2)
I think he's directing these columns. I think Maureen O'Gara directed a extremely personal attack. But Maureen's victim doesn't have deep pockets. No sympathy from Rob for you, PJ!
FUD ALERT!! (Score:2)
asshat Enderle; Monarchial Microsoft (Score:2)
This guy is a shill for MSFT/SCOX and he is always floating some poorly thought out stuff that can be distilled down to "MSFT should be able to tax us".
This particular article tries to equate Linux with the union movement of the early twentieth century in an effort to stir up U.S. politicians. Notice the veiled indication that Linux users are a 'terror organization'.
Rob has made some attempts to characterize FOSS as 'communist', when in truth MSFT has a sort of monarchial structure, while FOSS is a
Same thing we do every night... (Score:2)
Enderle Has No Credibility (Score:2)
It took logical and rhetorical fallacies to a whole new level. I picked it apart line-by-line, and for a little while it was on the first page of the Google search for "enderle".
Here it is again [fallinggrace.com], in case anyone needs convincing that this man should not be taken seriously.
- Neil Wehneman
Who owns the code?! (Score:2)
Enderle's Subtle Axe (Score:5, Insightful)
Linux, you see is an underworld agent threatening your profits. With that idea firmly planted, Enderle reaches for his current favorites in his arsenal.
SCO is a reasonable company besieged because they dared sue IBM. This is where Enderle gets to note DoS attacks and personal threats. It seems this alone has sunk SCO and not anything to do with their own buisness tactics or actual strength of their case against IBM. For some reason he also takes this time to mention Microsoft and point out that even this powerhouse is powerless in the face of such an onslaught.
Enderle also notes that companies who violate the GPL face union-like retaliation. And while it does point out "Linux" (which Enderle notes early on he doesn't wish to distinguish from other players) has managed to defend its license... the implication is certainly that this isn't business as normal.
Enderle's next favorite is the O'Gara incident. He generously describes the involved piece as an incomplete expose where O'Gara "implied, but did not prove, that PJ worked for IBM." What Enderle fails to note is that O'Gara also implied that PJ was a paranoid nutjob with generally frowned-on religious beliefs. The impression implied is that the Linux community apparently responded to unwelcome news rather than a personal hatchet job bordering on harassment. And again, Enderle gets a chance to trot out the DoS boogyman. Whats interesting is that he characterizes disapproving emails to advertisers supporting Sys-Con as an "attack". In the end, Enderle characterizes the negative response to this incident as power not even wielded by big corporations or governments. If demands aren't met, Linux moves against you.... and it would seem fits you for digital cement loafers.
You see - Linux is the new Mob. That is Enderle's subtle point. It's more subtle than his normal attacks. But it is a hatchet job, none the less.
One final comment - it's interesting how Enderle highlights the O'Gara incident as damning PR for the Linux community. The opinion is that if the community hadn't responded to O'Gara, the piece would have simply slipped past unnoted. But instead, it was picked up by major trades and gave Linux a black eye. Readers might want to question for themselves why the major news outlets picked this up and pay close attention to the players. Is this Enderle claiming that "suits are back" [paulgraham.com]?
Re:Enderle's Subtle Axe (Score:2)
In what has been a massive and loosely coordinated effort, a multi-million dollar company backed by a strong legal team has been all but put out of business, and this couldn't have happened without some form of organization.
Yeh, a criminal organization. Called The Canopy Group.
Why are we feeding the troll? (Score:2)
This clown is in the same short list of paid shills for SCO/Microsoft that MOG was in before she went a little too far and got her head handed to her.
He is just trying to put the idea that Linux folk are unstable sorts who shouldn't be allowed to be near the mission critical infrastructure into pointy haired heads.
Hot Mob Flashes (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Headlins: -1 flaimbait (Score:2)
Re:Depending on the distro... (Score:2)
Re:Depending on the distro... (Score:2)
Re:Slackers can finally slack off... (Score:2)
They have lost the keys of control (Score:2, Interesting)
This individual is just twisting his loss of power as a journalist versus the power the public has gained to share and express their own thoughts and form their own opinions. When we as individuals now agree on a subject we are no longer isolated with the only publi
WTF? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:And in other news... (Score:2)
Re:And in other news... (Score:2, Funny)
I'm not sure safety and diaper changing are in the same category...
Portability under Linux (Score:3, Insightful)
Portability is the difference between surviving and not surviving; at least for me. Linux is not the one true OS, but it is an excellent example of the new way of thinking, a way which doesn't have greed at its core.
Re:Domination and Revisionist History (Score:2)