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This is an old revision of FUDfudFUD made by BenoitAudouard on 2008-11-23 18:50:19.
- This topic could be named Get The Facts as it is a list of links
Counter-arguments provided against FUD
- http://lwn.net/Articles/232958/ [en] cf. article A think tank's view of free software
- more particularly http://lwn.net/Articles/233403/ [en] great examples of subjects addressed by FUDders about Free Software
(illegal in Europe) software patents
- http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199600443 [en] simple, frank, Linus against MS software patents allegations
- http://www.mxtabs.net/blog/2007/05/08/response-to-hal-leonard-e-mail-to-the-music-publishing-community/ [en] guitar tabs are concerned as well, point by point answer
- http://formats-ouverts.org/blog/2007/02/24/1116-le-mp3-un-format-ouvert-et-bien-non [fr] les formats brevetés ne protègent pas des brevets, autant prendre des formats libres comme Ogg/Vorbis ou Ogg/Theora, cela aurait évité à Microsoft de payer 1,52 milliard de dollars à Alcatel-Lucent après plus d'un an de procédure
Get the facts and real costs for TCO
- http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9773662-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad Microsoft starts a "Get the Facts" campaign...against itself : " total cost of ownership for Windows XP is $4,407 annually, while Vista's cost is $3,802. The $4,407 figure was derived from costs of hardware, software, IT labor, and user costs...."
- http://open-net.ch/eng/Open-Source/TCO [fr] TCO Total Cost of Ownership is less for Linux than Windows (even using OpenOffice.org)
- https://linuxfr.org/~IsNotGood/26077.html [fr] how to accelerate windows vista
- https://linuxfr.org/comments/901732.html#901732 [fr] MS buys innovative technology to integrate it
open formats and interoperability vs compatibility
- https://linuxfr.org/~IsNotGood/26141.html [fr] closed ooxml vs open ODF
- http://linuxfr.org/comments/914662.html#914662 [fr] incompatibilities and bad conception on MS-OXML compared to OpenDocument coherency
- http://www.april.org/articles/communiques/pr-20080221.html [fr] interoperability "à la" Microsoft, not interoperable nor libre software compatible :/
- https://linuxfr.org/~maillequeule/26192.html [fr]
closed plateforms, DRM
- http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/5-reasons-to-avoid-iphone-3g/ [en] iPhone, DRM by Apple are still there, restricted installation of software...
- http://xkcd.com/488/ [en] good illustration of why DRM are useless
- http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/01/1728222 [en] Doom9 Researchers Break BD+
- http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=140571 [en] BD+, the Blu-ray copy protection system that was supposed to last 10 years (really !?)
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/technology/28software.html?_r=1&oref=slogin [en] Industry Rethinks Moneymaking Software Practice, Best Buy $30 to remove bloatware
- http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/09/172219 [en] class-action against EA ans ubsollicited DRM
- http://www.gnashdev.org/?q=node/51 [en] DRM in Flash, using encryption, makes DMCA action possible against users
Missing some counter-arguments
- http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm?postversion=2007051409 [en] the article is too long and rather lets the reader makes his/her mind, though the subject is important as software patents are illegal in Europe (shouldn't those who try to patent software be prosecuted BTW ?)
- https://linuxfr.org/~pounkfuckcomm0/24455.html [fr] 235 software patents
- http://bourse.jdf.com/actualites.html?id=071833&genre=FLASHS%20ETRANGERS&ticker=&pays=FR [fr] allegations without proof by MS
- https://linuxfr.org/~TImaniac/27337.html [fr] Silverlight with parts of could-have-been free software included and some document (as made compulsory by european commission)
References
- http://eucd.info a reference against software patents
- http://gpl-violations.org/ ever thought that the GPL was not well defended ? you should trust more free software to be legal than those that try to hide.
- http://forum.framasoft.org/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=23803 [fr] florilège DRM, vente liée, formats ouverts des suites bureautiques et de l'interopérabilité, téléchargements de musique, l'informatique dite de confiance (trusted computing), projet de contrôle de l'information sur Internet
List of subjects
- software patents :
- they are illegal in Europe, people applying for them should be prosecuted and go to jail, don't you think ? What would you think if mathematical formulas were patented ? What do you think an algorithm is ? What do you think a program is made of ?
- proprietary software is at the same risk than open-source and libre software to make use of a patent without even knowing it, don't you think ? The danger being higher for proprietary software for being guilty of trying to hide it (when even the source code is available with libre software)
- intellectual property : gni ?
- security through obscurity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity : flawed by design ?
- copyright : see http://gpl-violations.org for a great tool / organization to defend free software
links
- http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/16/2146233 [en] why Kyocera needs a patent license from Microsoft to develop its embedded Linux products ?
- https://linuxfr.org//2002/08/12/9227.html [fr] less job when proprietary goes open source ? nope, see the comments : other interesting jobs
- https://linuxfr.org//2002/12/03/10510.html [fr] FUD by magazines bought by ads or not competent enough ?
- http://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-l-image-de-marque-de-microsoft-en-chute-libre-aux-usa-25715.html [fr] 59ème sur 100 en 2008 (11ème en 2004)
- https://linuxfr.org/~fleny68/26891.html [fr] Réunion à la DGCCRF sur la vente liée: vers un chantage sur le prix de vente ? décoller des autocollants double le prix ?
- http://digg.com/linux_unix/GNU_Linux_Desktop_Market_Share_is_4_Gartner [en] 4% de GNU/Linux (et non les 1% souvent avencés), par le Gartner
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