http://robertogaloppini.net/2010/04/06/ibm-open-sources-friend-or-foe/ “equally critical of proprietary and open source myths, advocating software choice beyond marketing and romanticism” Wed, 23 May 2012 21:38:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://robertogaloppini.net/2010/04/06/ibm-open-sources-friend-or-foe/comment-page-1/#comment-663524 Roberto Galoppini Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:24:17 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/?p=1942#comment-663524 Actually I didn't take any position yet, though I believe that posing questions is legitimate and it doesn't imply a judgment, as <a href="http://webmink.com/2010/04/09/call-to-account/" rel="nofollow">eloquently explained Simon Phipps</a>. Actually I didn’t take any position yet, though I believe that posing questions is legitimate and it doesn’t imply a judgment, as eloquently explained Simon Phipps.

]]> http://robertogaloppini.net/2010/04/06/ibm-open-sources-friend-or-foe/comment-page-1/#comment-663508 Patents Roundup: Fordham Conference for Software Patents in Europe, NZOSS Responds to Pro-Software Patents Lobbyists, and TurboHercules’ Ties With Microsoft Explained | Techrights Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:40:58 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/?p=1942#comment-663508 [...] “[N]otice that Turbohercules does really not say that they are not a pawn of Microsoft, they sort of dance around the issue.”      –”Chips”Just to clarify again, we never defended TurboHercules’ side. Its case is not related to the point that, regardless of context, IBM is using software patents to achieve a goal. We have said that TurboHercules is a malign party for a very long time, so none of us ever claimed otherwise. One could argue that TurboHercules tripped up or pulled a trick on IBM (the Microsoft boosters — including Microsoft’s MVP Miguel de Icaza who has just blocked his tweets from the public — then took the opportunity to bash IBM). Here is the “story thus far,” based on Linux Magazine. We do not necessarily agree with this analysis, but it is new. Roberto Galoppini, who is influential among Free/open source voices in Europe, also has a position on the subject. [...] [...] “[N]otice that Turbohercules does really not say that they are not a pawn of Microsoft, they sort of dance around the issue.”      –”Chips”Just to clarify again, we never defended TurboHercules’ side. Its case is not related to the point that, regardless of context, IBM is using software patents to achieve a goal. We have said that TurboHercules is a malign party for a very long time, so none of us ever claimed otherwise. One could argue that TurboHercules tripped up or pulled a trick on IBM (the Microsoft boosters — including Microsoft’s MVP Miguel de Icaza who has just blocked his tweets from the public — then took the opportunity to bash IBM). Here is the “story thus far,” based on Linux Magazine. We do not necessarily agree with this analysis, but it is new. Roberto Galoppini, who is influential among Free/open source voices in Europe, also has a position on the subject. [...]

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