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Yikes.

Yikes.

Posted Feb 8, 2010 23:20 UTC (Mon) by chromatic (guest, #26207)
In reply to: Yikes. by hingo
Parent article: Matt Asay becomes Canonical's COO

The quantity over quality argument doesn't excuse a lack of understanding of patents versus trademarks versus copyright, especially given Mr. Asay's supposed credentials. Sloppiness I can understand, but outright wrongness is bizarre.


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Yikes.

Posted Feb 9, 2010 8:23 UTC (Tue) by hingo (guest, #14792) [Link]

Oh, I could give a long list of similar points of ignorance. (No, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not an open core business model!) I'm just saying, I would be much more worried about someone that understands quite well what patents are and *likes* them, than someone who just doesn't understand them. It's a big difference.

Yikes.

Posted Feb 9, 2010 9:28 UTC (Tue) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

One problem with confusing assertions and mixing up basic concepts is that
noone can be sure what you like or dislike anymore

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