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[ILUG] The I.S.A in the Irish Times

[ILUG] The I.S.A in the Irish Times

Braun Brelin bbrelin at openapp.biz
Fri Mar 18 14:13:04 GMT 2005


Daniel,

in which story in the Microsoft special is your quote about Open Source
software located?

Additionally, does anyone actually know the people who wrote the special? 
Are they contactable?

Braun Brelin
OpenApp

> Hello All,
>
> Little quick quote from today's Microsoft Special in the Irish Times:
>
> p5, "Software puts a hard edge to our economy" (Puff piece for Cathal
> Friel of the Irish Software Association)
>
> "He also noted that Open Source software - which is developed by large
> communities of programmers and distributed for free or at low cost -
> is also going to have an effect on the software market"
> [...]
> "He believes the open source movement is actually stifling innovation,
> because fewer programmers will develop software without the financial
> incentive of success"
>
>
> ...Sigh...
>
> Still nothing in the Tech section on the patents debacle. Perhaps her
> Geraldineness was afraid to rattle the bag ahead of an 8-page
> commercial spread for Microsoft?
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
> --
> Irish Linux Users' Group
> http://www.linux.ie/mailman/listinfo/ilug/
>




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