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Re:Miguel de Icaza responds to latest RMS article by stcredzero on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @10:32AM (#864193)
What if the Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt is actually justified? I don't think it's necessarily wrong to doubt or be uncertain that corporations have our best interests at heart.
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Re:Miguel de Icaza responds to latest RMS article by SamAtt on Tuesday October 06, 2009 @10:52AM (#864240)
The whole point of the phrase FUD is that it's an emotional response. People use it to try to overwhelm someone's rational thought process with Fear.

I think you SHOULD use past performance of a corporation as part of a rational thought process in deciding whether to use software. But FUD is never justified because emotion has no place in rational decisions.

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