I just read Linux: A European Threat to our computers, at the site of one “Shelley the Republican”.
Oh dear.
I am looking at the article, and trying not to laugh… I’m not going to bother commenting as there are already almost 500 comments (this made it to reddit, probably digg, too, but I wouldn’t know). I am hoping against hope that this article, maybe the entire site, is a joke to try to make Republicans look bad. Can someone confirm this for me?
All politics aside (hard to do considering the article attempts to politicize Linux to the nth degree), this article is so wrong it is hysterical.
You know, I’m reading this article again, and I’ve made my decision: it has to be a joke. It is way too funny. I would estimate that it is nearly impossible than anyone could actually believe this…. check out some of these lines.
It[Linux]’s a computer program that was initially developed in Finland as a means of circumventing valuable copyrights and patents owned by an American company called SCO Group.
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And guess what software Osama Bin Laden uses on his laptop?
If you guessed it was Linux you would be 100% right. Osama uses Linux because he knows designed to counterfit DVDs, curcumventing the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and defraud companies like Disney.
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If you see a company using Linux, it may be that they have not paid for this software. Report them to the Business Software Alliance who have the legal authority to inspect any company’s computers for illegal programs like Linux.
Oh my goodness. This is awesome stuff. If I start laughing… there could be tears.
Please tell me no one could possibly believe this! Either way, enjoy the laugh.
As a caveat, I am a conservative Republican Linux user. I didn’t pay for my OS. Don’t tell the FBI. ;-)
UPDATE: The comments are somewhat funny as well, if only because so many of them take this seriously. The more I look at this article, the more it looks like a satire/parody, one that works because, unfortunately, so much of the Linux community seems quite ready to believe that Republicans really could be this daft.
There’s no way this is serious. Unless it’s serious. In that case I am very upset.
Good find!
I’m with you. I think this is a joke. A pretty clever one, but come on: “developed in Finland as a means of circumventing valuable copyrights and patents owned by an American company called SCO Group”? That’s pure farce, and quite well done, I think.
I guess I’m a little annoyed that they’re making fun of Republicans by implying they think this way… ;-) but I’ll get over it.