Halloween XI: Get The FUD
Published on: June 22nd, 2004
Modified on: June 22nd, 2004
some quotes from the article:
"Let's start by reminding ourselves of the stakes. For Microsoft (or at least its present business model) to survive, open source must die..."
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"...Expect Microsoft to ally even more closely with the RIAA and MPAA in making yet another try at hardware-based DRM restrictions — and legislation making them mandatory. The rationale will be to stop piracy and spam, but the real goal will be customer control and a lockout of all unauthorized software. Two previous attempts at this have failed, but the logic of Microsoft's situation is such that they must keep trying.
I also expect a serious effort, backed by several billion dollars in bribe money (oops, excuse me, campaign contributions), to get open-source software outlawed on some kind of theory that it aids terrorists...."
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