Jim Zemlin wants a vibrant Linux ecosystem

Jim Zemlin, head of the Linux Foundation. It’s a shame, really.

When I was growing up in the 1960s (yes, I know), we used to go to the cinema. In those days, you’d normally see a double bill. Sometimes it was two good films. Sometimes, it was an “A” feature, preceded by a “B” feature.

The “B” feature generally involved a lead actor called something like Jim Zemlin. In “B” features, the hero was usually shot. No blood, just a little bleat as they fell into the dust. From the point of view of Hollywood, it was a rational use of resources.

If you think I’m being unfair, just read the link.

Customers want choice and innovation. That’s why open-source is winning. That’s why Microsoft should embrace open-source to bolster competition in the marketplace. Competition will make us all better. Even Microsoft. “Us” would probably include Jim Zemlin. I’d recommend meds. I think anti-psychotic drugs would make Jim Zemlin “all better.”

Touch one member of the Linux community, and you will have to deal with all of us. Super! Homoerotic and threatening at the same time. Show us your patents, big boy!

We ask Microsoft to stop engaging in FUD campaigns that only serve to undermine confidence in the U.S. intellectual-property system. Instead, please work with us to make the patent system tighter, more reasonable, and efficient for everyone in the software business.

I think this is what defines the link as proper FUD. I’ll leave the precise gradation of stupidity to the interested reader.