Open Source Advocacy

I’ve been described as an “open source expert” in an article in the October(!) 2003 issue of Internet Works.

On the downside, it’s also my first experience of being interviewed for a magazine like this and my comments don’t really say what I thought I said. For example:

So what about the downsides of open source? “Ok you don’t get support for OpenOffice,” says Cross. “But have you ever tried ringing Microsoft with a query?”

Which is, I guess, accurate, but fails to mention the wonderful community support for OpenOffice or that you can pay for Star Office and get support that way.

The article also contains a link to mag-sol.com which is a bit of a shame as it looks a bit crap right now.

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