Tim Lambert - who has memorably been described as "a well-known Internet quidnunc" - blogs at timlambert.org, on a wide variety of technology topics. He is a lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at The University of New South Wales, Australia.
Linus Torvalds Isn't the "Father of Linux," Claims Headline-Seeking Study
The Alexis de Tocqueville Institute’s attack on Linux is just the latest in
a series of attacks on Open Source by think tanks.
In the grid below I have marked with an asterisk all the think tanks that
use Open Source software to power their Web sites. Many of these pieces were
disseminated by townhall.com * which is a project of the Heritage
Foundation *. Many more attacks on Open Source have been published by Tech
Central Station *.
It would take far too much space to rebut all their arguments. For example,
here are extensive critiques of just the first one.
What the think tanks have in common
Why are all these think tanks so down on Open Source? Well, the Small
Business Survival Committee is concerned... (more)
Tim Lambert - who has memorably been described as "a well-known Internet quidnunc" - blogs at timlambert.org, on a wide variety of technology topics. He is a lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at The University of New South Wales, Australia.
Keith Bergelt
Gaurav Mantri
Aditya Banerjee
John Karamitsos
Kaj van de Loo
Bob Little
Alois Reitbauer
Chris Schin
Richard Gordon
Anil Parambath
