Re: Shut Up With The Open Source Politics, OK?

On Saturday 11 October 2003 13:00, John wrote:
> But
> without this certificate you can't work over here. And if to get
> the certificate you agree to do certain things, like ensuring
> your software gives the correct answers, then you'd better do
> it. Else you're not keeping your word and that's bad.

If your statements were to be believed, then ALL of Australia
would be using Linux compiled from scratch, and there would 
be no Windows anywhere in country.  

Yet we both know that is not the case.  

So since linux is no more popular there than anywhere
else, we can only assume the 1) you CAN work over
there without iso9000, or 2) no one takes it seriously
and everyone is lieing about what they do, and/or 3) the
iso evaluators are all on the take.

I can only go by the facts of sales figures for Windows
and other closed source OSs  - including those with
known and unpatched bugs like Excel.  

I think you SHOULD read the article, because as long
as ISO certified people don't speak out against it this
travesty will continue.

Linux should be adopted for a whole bunch of reasons
but justifying a paperchase is not one of them.

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John Andersen