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[ NNSquad ] Tim O'Reilly vs. Richard Stallman, and the World of "Free" Software 

Tim O'Reilly vs. Richard Stallman, and the World of "Free" Software

"The Meme Hustler"

http://j.mp/10oBtnS  (Baffler)

     The enduring emptiness of our technology debates has one main cause,
     and his name is Tim O'Reilly. The founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, a
     seemingly omnipotent publisher of technology books and a tireless
     organizer of trendy conferences, O'Reilly is one of the most
     influential thinkers in Silicon Valley. Entire fields of thought-from
     computing to management theory to public administration-have already
     surrendered to his buzzwordophilia, but O'Reilly keeps pressing on.
     Over the past fifteen years, he has given us such gems of analytical
     precision as "open source," "Web 2.0," "government as a platform," and
     "architecture of participation." O'Reilly doesn't coin all of his
     favorite expressions, but he promotes them with religious zeal and
     enviable perseverance. While Washington prides itself on Frank Luntz,
     the Republican strategist who rebranded "global warming" as "climate
     change" and turned "estate tax" into "death tax," Silicon Valley has
     found its own Frank Luntz in Tim O'Reilly.

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While "The Meme Huster" as referred to in this *very* long article is
Tim O'Reilly, a subtitle for this piece could easily be "Tim O'Reilly
vs. Richard Stallman, and the World of 'Free' Software."  In the name
of instinctual self-preservation, I will not comment on the substance
of this piece at this time -- the reasons why will be fairly obvious
to those persons who have long known me.  Enough said.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren 
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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