[p2p-research] Open Source, Open Standards Under Attack In Europe

[Samuel Rose]

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Kevin Flanagan <kev.flanagan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> According to this article Microsoft is behind it.
> http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2010/04/02/gambling-with-open-a-how-bill-gates-made-money-moment/
> For those of us in Europe there is a link at the end of the article to
> a public consultation through a online questionnaire.
> - http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=EIS2a-
>
> Regards
>
> Kevin F
>
>


EU should know that if they decide to hand this all over to
corporations, and close off public data, that people will start to
route around EU and companies  and create their own systems. These
systems will then obsolete government systems over time. EU will have
wasted serious resources on closed obsolete systems, and made
themselves less relevant/redundant in the actual decisions communities
make.



>
> On 2 April 2010 00:28, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Patrick Anderson <agnucius at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Samuel Rose wrote:
>>>
>>>> Wow. This is no longer just about corruption as usual.
>>>
>>> What is corrupt about maximizing profits?  Isn't that *the* goal of business?
>>>
>>
>> Corruption, cheating, dishonesty seem to go hand in hand with the
>> drive to maximize profit.
>>
>> I think even beyond *maximizing* profit, that "control" is the
>> ultimate goal. thought not all "business" is about profit, in reality.
>> The word "business" itself has meaning beyond commerce.
>>
>>>
>>>> I think that
>>>> reversing away from interoperability/open standards and open source is
>>>> fundamentally dangerous to all of the people of Europe.
>>>
>>> But it increases profit because profit measures Payer dependence.
>>>
>>> Why would anyone start a business otherwise?
>>>
>>
>> My point is that, in my opinion, interoperability/open
>> standards/access is no longer just a political choice/position. It is
>> now essential to long-term viability of social systems world-wide.
>>
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