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See Full StoryMohandas Gandhi, a master of the tactics of civil disobedience against civilized foes, once had this to say about the stages of a successful campaign for an idea whose time has come: "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win."
Advocates of open-source software development love this quote. It has even been condensed into a verbal shorthand that plays off the U.S. military's DefCon levels for defensive alerts; it's used to describe the stages of acceptance of open source at workplaces.
Re: GandhiCon Three and SCO's Antics
Posted by: truk13 2003-12-11 12:02:10 In reply to: Eric S. Raymond
I sincerely believe that Microsoft is behind the funding of the SCO lawsuit for the sole purpose of destroying Linux. All one has to do is look at their history. Does anyone remember Bill Gates standing on stage with executives of IBM claiming that they will devote funds to OS2 development. Leaving the stage, Bill turned to Steve Ballmer and said "OS2 is dead." He was right. Or how about Microsoft's investment in Corel? Microsoft claimed they were investing in Corel for Linux development. Bull feathers. Several months later Corel announced that they were dropping Linux development. Coincidence? I think not. It is well known that Microsoft will stop at nothing to destroy any existance of Linux. The Microsoft philosophy is that if a competing product is better that theirs ( and most are) then Microsoft must destroy that product at all costs. Lets admit it,if Windows were an automobile, it would be branded as unsafe at any speed.
Re: GandhiCon Three and SCO's Antics
Posted by: truk13 2003-12-11 11:47:22 In reply to: Eric S. Raymond
The very fact that Daryl McBride will not identify the offending lines of code is proof that he cannot identify them. SCO is using the tactic that if they cry wolf often enough, someone is bound to believe them. The mistake they are making is that no-one honestly believes that to any extent. SCO is becomming the laughing stock of the LINUX community. Yet the threat of legal action is keeping users of the supposed "offending" software on the edge of their seats. No matter how laughable, the possibility does exist that some legal jurisdiction may find some merit in their claim.
