Sunday, September 26, 2010

busy day.

  • Meet the Defenders of Open-Source Software
    A watchdog movement says it wants to make sure that big companies play by the rules of open-source software licenses.   The reporter tried to write a FUD tale but found that would have been the wrong message.  There is nothing to fear there, just Microsoft with its business model in ruins.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Sep 25, 2010
    U.S. Gift for Iraqis Offers a Primer on Corruption
    A shipment of computer laptops to Iraq was part of the American military’s mission to win hearts and minds, but the good intentions were mugged by Iraq’s reality.  
    Round up the usual suspects.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Sep 25, 2010
    Democrats Unleash Ads Focusing on Rivals’ Pasts
    Many Democrats are deploying the fruits of a yearlong investigation into the business and personal histories of Republican candidates in an effort to plant doubts about them.   

    This Republican Spin does not belong in the Times.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Sep 25, 2010
    Sex Scandal Threatens a Georgia Pastor’s Empire
    Four former members of a youth group run by Bishop Eddie L. Long have accused him of coercing them into sex acts, and of abusing his moral authority.   

    These things happen every few years.  See that the prosecution is through.
  • TimesPeople recommended an article:
    Sep 25, 2010
    Slouching Toward Washington
    The chimeras of politics are spellbinding hybrids who could change the direction of the country.
    What rough beast . . .   Let them go back to 1759.  The "reign of terror" will clean them up.

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