Efforts to increase the adoption of open source software are being derailed by the efforts of a "loud minority" within the community that have stooped to making personal attacks on those deemed to be enemies, according to one of the open source movement's strongest advocates.
So says Jeff Waugh of open source advocacy group Waugh Partners, fed up after a series of personal attacks directed at the heads of government agencies, including comments directed at Australian Taxation Office CIO Bill Gibson, after he told ZDNet.com.au that his agency's adoption of open source software had been stalled by security concerns.
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