CookerSpot: Counter-arguments provided against FUD

FUD is Fear Uncertainty and Doubt and only deserves to be discredited

This topic could be named Get The Facts as it is a list of links http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-kills-its-get-the-facts-anti-linux-site/670

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

http://linuxfr.org/users/zarmakuizz/journaux/entretien-intervenant-de-linpi [fr]

http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/againstfinal.htm [en] Economic and Game Theory, Against Intellectual Monopoly

http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/01/20/2158221/linus-torvalds-any-cla-is-fundamentally-broken CLA defective by design, prevents long-tail and occasional participation

(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
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brevetabilit%C3%A9_du_logiciel#L.C3.A9gislation_et_pratiques_actuelles [fr] l'Europe rend illégaux les brevets logiciels
http://www.epo.org/patents/patent-information/east-asian/helpdesk/china/faq.html#new2 [en] software patents illegal in Asia
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090603224807259 [en] Donald Knuth: Mathematical Ideas, or Algorithms, Should Not Be Patented
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/an-explosion-of-mobile-patent-lawsuits/ [en] An Explosion of Mobile Patent Lawsuits

seen on http://linuxfr.org/~nomorepost/29464.html

http://www.osnews.com/story/23058/Theora_More_of_a_Patent_Threat_than_H264_Wait_What_ [en] submarine patents and MPEG-LA potential patents are an artificial threat
http://urbamet.documentation.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/document.xsp?id=Urbamet-0304790 [fr] les brevets freinent l'innovation, supprimons-les - Entretrien avec Hervé Lebret
http://www.techdirt.com/blog/startups/articles/20120625/02185519460/new-evidence-shows-that-patents-matter-less-less-startups.shtml [en] moins de brevets dans les startups qui innovent
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2013/07/22.html 15 min pour démonter l'innovation d'un brevet logiciel illégal
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/12/07/1241221/german-court-invalidates-microsoft-fat-patent eh eh c'est Garmin ou Tomtom qui vont être contents
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/07/04/1455200/qualcomm-takes-down-100-github-repositories-with-dmca-notice DMCA cease & desist to github...

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)
http://linuxfr.org/~IsNotGood/26077.html [fr] how to accelerate windows vista

http://linuxfr.org/comments/901732.html#901732 [fr] MS buys innovative technology to integrate it

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/24/1721216 [en] calculating how much it would cost to upgrade each of the 19.4 million PCs with 1 GB of memory and graphics cards or onboard chipsets able to run Aero, according to Keizer. Leffler put the maximum cost of upgrading the desktops at $155, while positing that the notebooks' integrated graphics would be more tricky to replace and would cost between $245 and $590 per unit. The total price tag for Microsoft would thus range from $3.92 billion to $8.52 billion and in some cases would include complete replacements of notebooks that could not be feasibly upgraded
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS21399008 interesting : Linux 13.4% , Windows 36.5%, only paid-licenses are taken into account (which shows that Microsoft is more expensive than free software installations), why pay more for less ?
GNU/Linux chosen for top stock exchange places:

Chicago: http://www.silicon.fr/fr/news/2009/09/03/chicago_mercantile_exchange___red_hat_dans_la_cour_des__tres__grands [fr]
Tokyo: http://www.silicon.fr/fr/news/2010/03/23/le_manchot_linux_au_secours_de_la_bourse_japonaise
London (to replace defective windows)

http://www.numerama.com/magazine/26373-comment-la-gendarmerie-a-envoye-bouler-microsoft-et-mcafee.html [fr]

open formats and interoperability vs compatibility

http://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 :/

http://linuxfr.org/~maillequeule/26192.html [fr]

http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03020.pdf

"It seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the work and the result is that Linux works great without having to do the work", Bill Gates

closed plateforms, DRM

http://www.defectivebydesign.org/decade-in-drm [en] day anti-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
[en] very good illustration of what a legitimate buyer gets with a DVD (no consideration...)

http://bugbrother.blog.lemonde.fr/2010/02/22/le-fbi-menace-les-acheteurs-de-dvd/ [fr] la même en français
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones legal offer for VoD
http://theoatmeal.com/pl/game_of_thrones/nz legal offer for VoD in other countries like new-zealand

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
http://www.linux.com/feature/56449 [en] Why proprietary software is dangerous for business-critical applications
http://martin.iturbide.com/?page_id=114 [en] analysis of MS OSS strategy "they prefer to put their Business Partners software license business at the fire line before losing their license money"
http://linuxfr.org/users/jarvis/journaux/lemonde-fr-ou-l-abonnement-au-javascript :)
http://www.rue89.com/rue89-culture/2012/09/26/mp3-ebooks-verifie-ils-ne-vous-appartiennent-pas-235508
http://www.commitstrip.com/fr/2016/06/03/right-click-not-allowed/

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 ?)
http://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

http://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://www.videolan.org/press/patents.html [en] example of impacts of 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
http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html [en] some matter of facts numbers about FLOSS
http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2006/04/14/ [en] article about protections of FLOSS against patents (oin, patentscommon...)
http://opensource.org/docs/peru_and_ms.php [en] the Bill *stimulates* competition, since it tends to generate a supply of software with better conditions of usability, and to better existing work, in a model of continuous improvement
http://www.april.org/le-parlement-francais-adopte-pour-la-premiere-fois-france-une-disposition-legislative-donnant-la-priorite [fr] priority to Libre Software

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)
http://linuxfr.org/~___/27922.html [fr] MS vs TomTom with trivial software patents

http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2009/02/26/note-on-microsoft-tomtom-suit-calm-down-hope-for-the-best-plan-for-the-worst/
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=826 [en] analysis by ESR, impacts on Linux/Libre Community or car navigation
http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/deep-in-microsofts-tomtom-linux-patent-claims/ [en] some more links about FAT

http://linuxfr.org/2009/11/19/26178.html [fr] Broadvoice, a libre codec audio to replace non-free ones and enhance speex

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+G.729+Licensing [en] how software patents complicate licensing

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/19/1931249 [en] yet another defective by design patent "Crippling Operating Systems"
http://blogs.computerworld.com/novell_and_microsoft_stop_with_the_fud_already [en] FUD orchestrated through Novell by MS ? some interesting links
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/03/24/022209/Tridgell-Recommends-Reading-Software-Patents [en] Andrew Tridgell rejected the common fears about triple damages: 'If you've got one lot of damages for patent infringement, what would happen to the project? It's dead. If it gets three lots of damages for patent infringement, what happens to the project? It's still dead
intellectual property : gni ? maybe you mean copyright, trademark or illegal software patents in Europe ?
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
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2590028&cid=38486900

GPL-Violations.org [gpl-violations.org] - Volunteers, knowledgeable folks who will answer your questions pretty quickly
The SFLC [softwarefreedom.org] (Software Freedom Law Center) - Volunteer lawyers (much slower to respond due to demand, but they know their stuff)
The Software Freedom Conservancy [slashdot.org] (if you want to align your FOSS project with a "non-profit home and infrastructure for FLOSS projects.")
The Free Software Foundation [fsf.org], if you have a specific question about some of their GPLed software
Bradley Kuhn, Harald Welte, etc..

Libre software in the news

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/08/12/1201_ceo_guide_open_source/index.htm [en] if business week publishes it, it's true ? isn't it ? (I would have chosen some other alternatives, like PostgreSQL for RDBMS or VirtualBox for virtualization, but that's ok
http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2009/01/26/windows-kicks-linux-to-the-curb-youve-got-to-be-kidding/ [en] GNU/Linux at 20% for netbook !

data loss

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/10/11/major-bug-in-snow-leopard-deletes-all-user-data/ [en] how to lose your /home what did you need in this upgrade BTW ?

http://linuxfr.org/~logik/28894.html [fr] Qui à dit que les léopards des neiges ne mangeaient pas d'/home ?

http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2009/10/12/des-utilisateurs-du-telephone-sidekick-de-microsoft-perdent-toutes-leurs-donnees-personnelles_1253004_651865.html#xtor=RSS-3234 [fr] would you be happy to lose your contacts in your smartphone ? (Minitel 2.0 syndrome inside)
http://linuxfr.org/~Dabowl_92/28752.html [fr] SMB2 : just close the service to avoid a BSOD (really useful for a file server whose admin is surfing the web...). I think standards users are happy to lose their current work thanks to a BSOD :/

Android and fanboyz

http://www.gizmodo.fr/2008/09/24/pourquoi-android-nest-pas-adapte-pour-les-professionnels.html hmmm apple fanboys :)

Voir les commentaires (même ceux "cachés"), la technique habituelle de pBpG étant de ne pas répondre quand il est pris en flagrant délit de ne pas avoir raison. Un objectif est d'être objectif (éviter notamment les insultes) et d'être en mesure de montrer le flagrant délit factuel ou la volonté délibérée d'omettre des points structurants et concrets.

http://linuxfr.org/~baud123/29032.html MS maintiendra le pilote de virtualisation (ou pas, url à retrouver)
http://linuxfr.org/~imr/30055.html flag de imr http://linuxfr.org/comments/1152775.html#1152775 rappelant une incohérence de pBpG

à compléter (affirmation / flagrant délit), retrouver ME, vista n'était pas abouti, windows mobile, la tarte à la crème d'OpenDocument sans parler de la merde d'OfficeXML sans binaires ou specs complètes mais finalement pas avec une raison bidon... ou mono ne se fera jamais attaquer pour brevets (ni moonlight), 'fin pas mal de sujets apparaissant déjà ci-dessus...
Microsoft se met en conformité :
http://linuxfr.org/2009/07/23/25754.html avec le libre pour hyper-V

http://linuxfr.org/users/msusa/journaux/ie9#comment-1218994
http://www.idc.com/about/viewpressrelease.jsp?containerId=prUS22716111 Linux server demand also improved in 4Q10 with revenue growing 29.3% to $2.5 billion when compared with the fourth quarter of 2009. Linux servers now represent 17.0% of all server revenue, up 1.8 points over 4Q09. Shipments of servers running Linux increased 9.8% year over year, totaling more than 450,000 units. Microsoft Windows server demand was positively impacted by the x86 server market refresh as hardware revenue increased 16.8% year over year. Quarterly revenue of $6.3 billion for Windows servers represented 42.1% of overall quarterly factory revenue. The 1.5 million server shipments are the highest quarterly total ever reported for Windows servers.

Sachant qu'il est possible sans aucun probleme de commander des serveurs sans Windows, je doutes que bcp de ces 1.5 millions soient passes a Linux...

Ça compte les serveurs vendus avec une distribution Linux, donc probablement les seules que tu peux acheter comme Suse ou Red Hat. Un serveur Dell par exemple, c'est vendu par défaut sans OS.

C'est surtout que ça compare des choux et des carottes... L'analyse que je peux ressortir de ce papier c'est que c'est extrêmement coûteux pour les entreprises de déployer des serveurs windows : il en faut beaucoup, là où pour un serveur AIX (ou Solaris, 'fin moins maintenant) ou un Linux qui permet de mieux mutualiser (même VMware a une souche de Linux pour accueillir plein de VM...), j'ai de la puissance pour mon argent et accueillir les applications de mon système d'information (SI). À ce compte là, je rajouterais toutes les box des opérateurs telco ^W ^W FAI dans le lot et ça fait passer la stats à 98% pour Linux, 1% de windows et 1% du reste (sans tenir compte de la puissance quoi).

stats about web servers http://linuxfr.org/news/sortie-de-rosa-desktop-fresh-2012#comment-1419033
29.4% de part de marché de serveurs web pour Debian, 29.2% pour CentOS, 17.8% pour Ubuntu et 12.6% pour la RHEL http://www.silicon.fr/la-debian-devient-la-plus-populaire-des-distributions-serveur-sur-le-web-70652.html

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