[NTLUG:Discuss] Cue-Cat and open source software

[Steve Baker]

Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com wrote:
> 
> Oh I didn't know that Jovan Phillyaw was behind it.  That's very funny - if you
> ever watched his internet show, he was extremely blind to anything outside of
> the "Microsoft Way".  When forced to confront linux once, his attitude was
> extreme prejudice.  He obviously just didn't get it (The Revolution...) and so
> what the open source community did with his cue cat is just hillarious, and well
> deserved.

Some friends and I play a game with that show.  The rule is that you have
to watch it until you spot some bad advice or a factual inaccuracy.

It's quite a short game.

The cue cat is a thinly disguised way to give away all manner of personal
information...unless of course you grab some of the reverse engineered
software for it.  Under Linux, it's just another barcode scanner.


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