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  • commenter
    Gillian
    Wates
    May 16 07:09 PM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    RV, I support Denis Biron's right to say freedom is for fascist terrorists who speak foreign languages. Clearly the world would be a better place if we all spoke English and ran the same operating system. The only free software would be viruses, which is good for the anti-virus industry. Lastly, I disagree that accepting free rides does NOT make you a fascist/communist. Reply
  • commenter
    RV
    May 16 03:24 PM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    stan means land. This guy is an absolute MORON. From now on, lets not give anything for free. Homeless, hungry and poor people must pay for their food and help (no more FREE rides). No more internet since almost all of the protocols underlining was developed for free or released for free, OpenOffice must be banned since it's free. No more web browser (Mozilal and derivatives are free, IE is free, Opera in free). Never mind that private companies like Red Hat, Suse, Ubuntu and others give their OS for free. banned them. Anyone who believes in free stuff must go to jail for being fascist or communist. I will notify my public library tha they are in violation since they give books for free every last Sunday of the month. No more of that, everyone must pay. From now my co-workers that ask me for a free ride to the subway station a few blocks away must pay me, no more free rides from me since I am not a fascist/communist. I am returning my toothpaste that included a a free toothbrush. My list is going to get very long. Reply
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    simion
    May 16 02:21 PM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    this is my last comment, you know nothing:
    i will tell you the truth
    1.computers are old then Microsoft
    2. the windows(the GUI elements not the OS) are not created by Microsoft
    3. Operating Systems are older then Windows and Dos
    4. internet and html are not Microsofr creation
    5. C and c++ are not Microsoft creation
    6 Please read more and write less, you seem stupid     Reply
  • commenter
    Gillian
    Wates
    May 16 12:54 PM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    From the terms of use, one may not:

    # Post any comment that is unlawful, harmful or injurious to others, threatening, abusive, offensive, harassing, derisive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, hatefully, racially, ethnically or otherwise tortious or objectionable.

    Now I'm no Microsoft supporter but IMO "fascist terrorists based in countries and regions using the Farsi-based suffix “stan.” is threatening, abusive, offensive, derisive, defamatory, vulgar, libelous, hatefully, racially, and ethnically objectionable.

    Dennis, I'm no microsoft fan but seriously, you should apologise before lots of angry digistanis write to contact-editorial@seekingalpha.com expressing their shock and dismay that such comments would be published on a site like this.

    Just sayin'.     Reply
  • commenter
    Gillian
    Wates
    May 16 12:47 PM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    JohnMurphy: i like the idea of microserfia.com. like our own country from which to launch bombs on the digistanis. count me in. Email me at gillian.b.wates@gmail.com when you have built your site.

    simion: if you look up into the sky you will see a small shiny thing flying very high and very fast over your head.     Reply
  • commenter
    Gillian
    Wates
    May 16 12:42 PM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    simion: it's obvious MSFT invented the internet, like they invented the operating system, the PC, and the mouse. Linux stole everything from Windows. Everyone knows this, which is why no-one wants to give you the source code for linux. Sure, they say they will, but have you ever actually tried to get it? you see what i mean. Anyhow, i'm not a Microsoft supporter but i think hippy anti-capitalist freedom loving europeans should be forced to swear allegiance to vista. Reply
  • commenter
    TaNK
    May 16 12:19 PM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    Heavens! We simply MUST nip the Hague Declaration in the bud! How DARE those freedom-loving Linux hippies try to give away a whole operating system and subvert the status-quo fiefdom??? We ALL know Microsoft's lobbyists ... err, agents for the greater good are trying their best to make sure governments are steered in the right direction in their own, non-threatening way! C'mon, how DARE any Linux nuts even think that open standards would save anyone money! I mean we ... err, THEY just don't get it! Status quo is comfortable, it's safe, no one got fired for buying IBM ... umm, Microsoft, ya see? Reply
  • commenter
    simion
    May 16 12:13 PM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    I do not know that Microsoft invented Internet, can you find a prof of this afirmation? i belive that you must read more and write less(otherwise you confirm that you are stupid) Reply
  • commenter
    Gillian
    Wates
    May 16 12:07 PM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    I'm no Microsoft supporter but I have to admit DennisByron has a point. After all, Microsoft invented the internet in 1995 with Windows 95 and gave this to the world, free! They gave away internet explorer, when netscape was trying to screw people into paying for their browser. So MSFT has a long history of giving stuff away. Now, their profits are falling - didn't they make a loss last year? - so they need to tighten the screws. If this means patenting everything they can and trying to kill free software and open standards, well they have a godgiven right to do this. Nay, an obligation to their shareholders!

    Like I say, I'm no Microsoft supporter, but on this one I have to say Denise Byran has it absolutely right!

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    User 194591
    May 16 11:28 AM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    Hey there Dennis,

    I'd just like to correct you on a couple of things, which it seems you don't understand.

    Digistan is a syllabic abbreviation of Digital Standards. Just as for instance Microsoft is a syllabic abbreviation of Microcomputer Software. In other words the name has nothing to do with terrorism or Farsi. Producing such abbreviations is normal in various European languages.

    And as Digistan is presumably funded by European EUR (and other EU currencies) I can't possibly see how it could be using up your US taxpayer dollars. Also it seems to me that the cost of a single website and someone drafting a declaration shouldn't be too much. People participating pro-bono in workgroups and open source projects don't cost anything and I would rather say they bring unmeasurable value.

    You are right in saying that the website with its declaration should more precisely define what "free and open standards" are and I also on first reading their declaration felt a little "propaganda-filled". But on reflection it seems to me very simple, that a "free standard" means - without expensive patents attached. An "open standard" means one available to all interested parties (such as software developers) and not vendor-specific. For instance HTML or XML or CSS. These specifications are available for free online in many places and for me as a web developer it is easy to write HTML. Also I can be reasonably assured that people using different browsers, operating systems or even devices will be able to view and access this HTML. Conversely I would not call for instance MSOXML an open standard (yet - until OOXML is published and implemented) because it is extremely difficult for me to create or edit such a document (which I have tried to do many times with varying levels of success - with next to no reference material) and the document I produce is only openable using a single vendor's software. As for Digistan "having a problem defining" free and open standards I later found they hava definition on www.digistan.org/open-standard:definition .

    Dennis, I would please like you to give us a explanation of why you think this declaration is wrong or bad (does it contain bad logic?) and who it will hurt.

    And also it would be good to apologize for your tone which seems to imply there is something inherently bad in either coutries ending in "stan", Europeans, left-wing ideology. This seems like deep predjudice which is something you yourself are criticising (anti-Microsoft predjudice). Also as a European I think it would be good to have more competition in the software market, for instance in the Czech Republic where I live there are only a handful of Microsoft emplyees/representatives. The majority of all profit spent by people here on MS Office and Windows etc etc goes to the US. "Free and open standards" are one of the things that will allow capable Czech programmers an equal chance on the global IT market.     Reply
  • commenter
    netdance
    May 16 10:50 AM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    If only Seeking Alpha had a way to permanently bury future comments from people who've flipped your bozo filter... Reply
  • commenter
    Stunned
    May 16 10:44 AM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    How do you conclude that 'public' dollars are spent? You failed to mention the 'microsoft' tax! You must be an m$ shill. Reply
  • commenter
    User 194549
    May 16 10:30 AM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    I would join an anti-digistani group. Dennis, please go for it. I hate those freedom loving europeans. Reply
  • commenter
    Leon945
    May 16 10:26 AM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    "I tried to plug in a mouse and I had to spend an hour on the forums finding out how to rebuild the kernel with mouse support."
    -Dennis Byron

    When was the last time you installed linux? 1991?
    I would avoid making these comments if I were you.
    I would risk looking/sounding like a complete idiot (in the sense of having some sort of mental disability).     Reply
  • commenter
    simion
    May 16 09:34 AM
    Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and the Digistan Connection [view article]
    About Microsoft greath job read here www.geocities.com /~budallen/backdoor.html

    and see this too youtube.com/watch?v=f4dYyThTeoE

    P.S. for less inteligent people: USA do no land on the moon, all the wars happen because of economic reasons(not freedom)
    Please learn more things before writing things

    youtube.com/watch?v=Hp4iI59BfpQ     Reply

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