Re: [Fsfe-uk] Fwd: OSS Watch inaugural conference, 11 December 2003

[MJ Ray]

On 2003-11-28 11:54:34 +0000 Andrew Savory <address@hidden> 
wrote:

> we're talking about a conference run by an advisory service which is 
> all 
> about informing people of the choices involved in using open source 
> software. 
> One of those choices is most certainly "don't use it", and so it 
> makes a lot 
> of sense to have a representative of the alternative there to talk 
> about it.

It seems a clear contradiction for something "about informing people 
of the choices involved in using open source software" to discuss not 
using it. That's a choice involved in whether to use it, instead. I 
see nothing in the OSS-Watch Service Objectives[1] which should oblige 
them to accommodate proprietary software publishers (PSPs) in general 
events: I'm sure OSS-Watch can give "unbiased appraisal" without 
resorting to comparative studies. Of course, having PSP reps there to 
discuss migration and interoperability (as you wrote later in the 
message) is useful.

1. http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/about/index.xml.ID=body.1_div.3

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