Comments on: The Internet’s feral goldfish get it very wrong http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/14/the-internets-feral-goldfish-get-it-very-wrong/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Stilgherrian http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/14/the-internets-feral-goldfish-get-it-very-wrong/#comment-5744 Stilgherrian Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-5744 A couple of chaps have suggested my characterisation of all open-source advocates as "feral goldfish" is unfair. Quite right. I really meant to link that term to the drive-by commenters at sites like Slashdot and TechCrunch and, yes, The Register who often don't even read the article in front of them, let alone check the background links. Not all open-source advocates are "feral goldfish". ;)<br /><br />Actually, I originally coined the term in a blog post about CeBIT and tech marketing:<br />http://stilgherrian.com/internet/cebit-australia-just-foad-ok/ A couple of chaps have suggested my characterisation of all open-source advocates as “feral goldfish” is unfair. Quite right. I really meant to link that term to the drive-by commenters at sites like Slashdot and TechCrunch and, yes, The Register who often don’t even read the article in front of them, let alone check the background links. Not all open-source advocates are “feral goldfish”. ;)

Actually, I originally coined the term in a blog post about CeBIT and tech marketing:
http://stilgherrian.com/internet/cebit-australia-just-foad-ok/

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