Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Open source "weakens the software industry and undermines its long-term competitiveness" says lobby group | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com

Please read the full article. And let it fuel your anger, let it fuel your rage, and let it fuel your support for the open-software movement.

The "gist" of this article is that the IIPA wants to enlist the government to do its dirty work: to lessen the life-support that bloated, old-school, old-paradigm software companies depend on as they see their paradigm and profits eroded.

We can't allow this. This kind of totalitarian view of the impact of a changing paradigm can only weaken the world's competitiveness through stifling innovation. The MPAA and RIAA under the shadow of the IIPA should be retired through an act of legislation if not by judicial review.