Folks, I just had to share this with you. This is so amazingly funny. I also had to tell you guys that I had a conversation with an adaptive solutions vendor (no names) who stated "come on, we both know that Linux is a toy." I just couldn't think of anything polite to say in response, but I think I'll sit down and write him an E-mail and point out that in fact Linux is not just a toy, but a tool. You can have fun, learn, be productive, and much much more. So, enjoy this bit my friends. Lets thank people like Kirk and all of the Speakup community who have contributed so much to the open source world and made such a great os accessible. I believe its just the beginning. X-URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A60050-2002May22?language=printer Microsoft Fights Free Software at Pentagon By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 23, 2002; Page E1 Microsoft Corp. is aggressively lobbying the Pentagon to squelch its growing use of freely distributed computer software and switch to proprietary systems such as those sold by the software giant, according to officials familiar with the campaign. In what one military source called a "barrage" of contacts with officials at the Defense Information Systems Agency and the office of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld over the past few months, the company said "open source" software threatens security and its intellectual property. ..... --
