[ossig] Workshop on OSS (R&D, Funding, IPR)

[Khairil Yusof]

On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 15:40 +0000, ditesh at gathani.org wrote:
> > It seems we need some kind of tsunami that creates a tabula rasa for
> > sharing on a horizontal plain, in a brotherly [sisterly] manner; not
> > just another cow to milk. This is what these guys still need to
> > understand: Replacing the brand Microsoft by brand FOSS is no way.
> > We need to replace the mindset 'Microsoft' with a mindset 'FOSS'.

> yep, this is a challenge that a number of us have identified. i think it's
> going take quite some work to change the mindset, but surely and steadily
> certain inroads have been made. we just have to keep it going and hope for
> the best.

My points on IPP will also follow this, with how FOSS is a better model
and how proprietary models have failed.