Yahoo! SCOX and weird aliens
Message ID: 137036
Posted By: manyhats23
Posted On: 2004-05-25 08:43:00
Subject: Yahoo! SCOX and Weird Aliens
Recs: 36
It has come to the attention of several posters here that many on this board do not hold a position in SCOX. While to those of us who are Linux supporters, this seems normal, many view this as hypocrisy. And why is this? Well, I have a couple of ideas ....
First, the population of the Yahoo! financial boards has been typically (from what I read) those who wish to detract or extoll their chosen stock. They only seem concerned with the price of the stock, its movement, and their own personal gains. I believe that this is a normal occurrance. And on a financial board, this is what one normally would expect. However, many here are thinking well beyond the day-to-day shenanigans of Ralph and the Three Stooges. I know there are many here who are attempting to keep the unwary from being "taken" by these scammers and con men. Still, this related to the stock, its price, and the company.
Second, and more importantly, their are a large number of posters here who are not involved in the financial aspects of this particular stock scam. They are here because, like Groklaw, this board became a sounding board for those who angry with the methods that people and companies are using to cast doubt on open source software. SCOX is been a lightning rod for many in the open source community, whether they be users or developers or businesses. The realization that OSS is hurting the "status quo" and affecting the proprietary software companies has brought out many who fear the evolution of the industry, and the intendant loss of revenue.
What the "weird alien" posters do not understand is that the OSS community will gather whereever they feel that the facts are being distorted. The venue is not important, the truth is. And this is where many people's understanding of the OSS community fails. They cannot grasp a group of people who will invest enormous amounts of time in a project or a subject with no financial gain. The traits that the OSS community displays (curiosity, honesty, integrity) are all but gone from the financial industry.
Some day in the near future, when all the stupidity surrounding SCOX dies down, some real analyst will look back and discover what we already know: OSS is here to stay, and the community that engenders it will be in charge of IT. Funny how the current analysts forget that today's OSS advocate is tomorrow's IT department head and purchaser.
--m
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Posted By: manyhats23
Posted On: 2004-05-25 08:43:00
Subject: Yahoo! SCOX and Weird Aliens
Recs: 36
It has come to the attention of several posters here that many on this board do not hold a position in SCOX. While to those of us who are Linux supporters, this seems normal, many view this as hypocrisy. And why is this? Well, I have a couple of ideas ....
First, the population of the Yahoo! financial boards has been typically (from what I read) those who wish to detract or extoll their chosen stock. They only seem concerned with the price of the stock, its movement, and their own personal gains. I believe that this is a normal occurrance. And on a financial board, this is what one normally would expect. However, many here are thinking well beyond the day-to-day shenanigans of Ralph and the Three Stooges. I know there are many here who are attempting to keep the unwary from being "taken" by these scammers and con men. Still, this related to the stock, its price, and the company.
Second, and more importantly, their are a large number of posters here who are not involved in the financial aspects of this particular stock scam. They are here because, like Groklaw, this board became a sounding board for those who angry with the methods that people and companies are using to cast doubt on open source software. SCOX is been a lightning rod for many in the open source community, whether they be users or developers or businesses. The realization that OSS is hurting the "status quo" and affecting the proprietary software companies has brought out many who fear the evolution of the industry, and the intendant loss of revenue.
What the "weird alien" posters do not understand is that the OSS community will gather whereever they feel that the facts are being distorted. The venue is not important, the truth is. And this is where many people's understanding of the OSS community fails. They cannot grasp a group of people who will invest enormous amounts of time in a project or a subject with no financial gain. The traits that the OSS community displays (curiosity, honesty, integrity) are all but gone from the financial industry.
Some day in the near future, when all the stupidity surrounding SCOX dies down, some real analyst will look back and discover what we already know: OSS is here to stay, and the community that engenders it will be in charge of IT. Funny how the current analysts forget that today's OSS advocate is tomorrow's IT department head and purchaser.
--m
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