Re: Growing tired of the constant portrayal of Linux as "anti-corporate"

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• Subject: Re: Growing tired of the constant portrayal of Linux as "anti-corporate"
• From: Alexander Bedard <>
• Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 06:36:11 -0500
• In-reply-to: <[email protected]>

On Wed, 2004-02-11 at 02:21, Nicolas Marchildon wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 13:28, Etienne Goyer wrote:
> > However, your article entitled "Fast, free and anti-corporate:
> > McGill group wants to bring Linux to the masses" epitomize everything
> > I think is wrong with current state of Linux advocacy and press
> > coverage.
> 
> I had the same comment when I opened the paper and read the title :) I'm
> glad you sent them a letter, as I didn't take the time to do it myself.
> 
> Linux *can* be corporate. In fact, it is at its best advantage, as
> corporations *pay* programmers to enhance Free/Libre and Open Source
> Software (FLOSS). True, some see Linux as a way to escape from a
> corporate monopoly, but it doesn't mean that "Linux is anti-corporate".
> 
> A better title could have been: "Fast, free, and increasingly popular
> among corporations" ;-)

Specially since that for many years, Linux has actually been more
popular with companies than with home users...

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