Translation of that German reply about LinuxTag
Bernhard Reiter
bernhard at intevation.de
Wed Jul 18 15:14:00 UTC 2001
E L,
thanks for the translation of
| Subject: Re: Re: LinuxTag Aftermath - PR
| Message-ID: <20010717231311.D1518 at finlandia.infodrom.north.de>
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 01:08:19AM +0100, E L Tonkin wrote:
> Guys: here's a vague sort of translation of that mail sent from a 'core
> FSFE member' in such charming German, re. LinuxTag.
To clarify:
The original message contained statements from Martin "Joey" Schulze
and Klaus Knopper. Both are member of the Gnu/Linuxtag core team.
Not to be confused with the FSFE core team which they are not members of.
Next three lines by Joey:
> 1 press agency, 1 radio show, 1 news magazine - a good yield for the
> FSF(E). Does anybody have the Focus article?
>
> Otherwise, FYI:
>
Klaus:
> The reporters' incompetence is boundless.
> Quotation from the Deutschlandfunk article:
>
> " Already the first viruses and security holes in Linux have been sought
> out and also abused."
>
> " because practically every programmer has access to the source code
> aimed back doors and weak points can be added. "
> (this quotation is indirectly attributed to Georg Greve).
>
> The Focus article disqualifies itself at once by the heading " commerce
> instead of community". The remainder can also be read on the Web. They've
> understood nothing about Free Software.
>
> It's really bitter... Also, that the virus scanners introduced on the
> LinuxTag were there for WINDOWS VIRUSES has been quietly forgotten.
>
> cheers,
> Klaus
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