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Why no more potent pro-OSS lobbying from these users?Why no more potent pro-OSS lobbying from these users?Posted Nov 25, 2009 11:23 UTC (Wed) by Hanno (guest, #41730)Parent article: Notes from the LF End User Summit Here's something I don't understand. With commercial and industrial users like these described here and there, why don't these companies do more pro-OSS lobbying? It should be in their best interest to foster OSS development and to oppose OSS unfriendly legislation, which we see popping up every now and then. Yet it seems that only some weird nerds are outspoken on these issues, while corporate Linux users are mostly mum. Where is the powerful pro-OSS lobbying organization that includes Linux users such as NYSE, Morgan Stanley, Sony, Sharp, Panasonic etc.?
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Why no more potent pro-OSS lobbying from these users? Posted Nov 26, 2009 9:47 UTC (Thu) by sustrik (guest, #62161) [Link]
Just think of how much effort it takes to make any statement on behalf of a large company. It requires several iterations through the legal department so when you are finally allowed to make the statement, it's already completely irrelevant.
Why no more potent pro-OSS lobbying from these users? Posted Nov 26, 2009 9:55 UTC (Thu) by Hanno (guest, #41730) [Link]
Strange that some of these very companies can easily build up powerful lobby efforts for, e.g., pro-software-patent legislation, which hurts them at the same time in their use of OSS.
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