Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Open source bashing


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: merge with and redirect to Open source. —LrdChaos (talk) 19:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Open source bashing
This page is devoted to comments from executives of reputable software companies which are critical of open source software. As such I think it falls foul of NPOV. I've put it up for deletion, although it might be salvageable if it was moved to Open source software and mixed with quotes from developers like Linus Torvalds etc. What does the team think? Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 12:00, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Vote closed. Result: merge with and redirect to Open source. —LrdChaos (talk) 14:38, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge with existing Open source, and expand with general quotes per Fys. Needs reformatting, too. Although "open source" can mean more than just software, we might want to make "Open source software" a redirect to "Open source" until we get quotes that require the distinction (if ever). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 13:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with Open source, per Jeffq. ~ UDScott 14:28, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy redirect to Open source; I've merged and formatted the quotes from this page there. —LrdChaos (talk) 14:37, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect per LrdChaos' merging of quotes. - InvisibleSun 04:38, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I moved the quotes from the wikipedia.org. I personally would like to see them somewhere. Merge with Open Source is fine. The page would be convenient to respond to e-mails like the one i got recently from GreenHills. The e-mail is protected by NDA and I can not repost it here, but in essence this is something like "We are great and Linux is not suitable for you". My boss forwarded the e-mail to me and I responded with the link. I do not criticize (may be sometimes) the well-established cos/CEOs, but i wish to keep the quotes in easy to reach. Thank you. place.Larytet


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