From owner-freebsd-chat Mon May 21 3:33:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B200C37B424 for ; Mon, 21 May 2001 03:33:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] ident=root) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #4) id 151n08-000Cw5-00 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 May 2001 11:33:24 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f4LAXNe74644 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 May 2001 11:33:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:33:23 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: war of disinformation Message-ID: <20010521113323.B74026@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org a friend of mine sent me an article that is linux-centered but still has some interesting implications. http://www.consultingtimes.com/ms_infowar.html the gist of the article here is that the attack on open source is to attack IBM, and linux just happens to be in the way. Any comments? I find the 'exposure' of the information war rather interesting. Jonathon -- When I die, I want to go in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming, like the passengers in his car. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message