Open-Source Efforts Derailed by 'Loud Minority' Mar 20, 2008, 16 :30 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (2627 reads) (Other stories by Brett Winterford)
"Efforts to increase the adoption of open-source software are being derailed by the efforts of a 'loud minority' within the community who have made personal attacks on individuals who have expressed doubts about the software, according to one of the open-source movement's main advocates.
"Jeff Waugh of open-source advocacy group Waugh Partners was disheartened after a series of personal attacks directed at the heads of Australian government agencies..."