Letter to European Commission Warns Against Open Source 145
An anonymous reader writes "TechWorld is reporting that they have a leaked copy of a letter written to the European Commission detailing the extent of lobby pressure coming from proprietary software groups working against open source software. From the article: 'Lueders sent the letter [PDF] on 10 October to leaders of the Commission's Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry, in response to an EC-commissioned study into the role of open source software in the European economy (referred to by Lueders as Free/Libre/Open Source, or FLOSS). In the letter, he criticised the study as biased and warns that its policy recommendations, if carried out, could derail the European software economy.'"
I think you mis-read it. (Score:4, Funny)
No, no no. It warns against open sores. This is the continent that was decimated by the black plague, remember?
Damaging our ecosystem??? (Score:4, Funny)
The funny thing is that if you look at the authors, these people aren't even scientists!
Usurper_ii
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oss wrecked the software business for everybody (Score:1, Funny)
Business model (Score:2, Funny)
Is that so?
What percentage of the projects on Sourceforge would describe themselves as "businesses"?
Re:Not only that, but you can't print the letter (Score:3, Funny)
I looked at its souce security, not set dissallow printing
Offtopic..
I wonder if he sells printers and is looking to boost ink sales by getting everyone to try to print it?
Sorry about the offtopic comment.