Python Secret Weblog for 2005 July 4 (entry 0)

(1) Mon Jul 04 2005 18:45 An open letter to anonymous Network World writers:

Dear anonymous Network World writers claiming to speak for corporate IT executives,

I read your recent open letter to the open source community with interest. You say that before free software can take on a higher profile in big IT departments you need to see the following things from us in the open source community:

• more enterprise-class support
• better documentation
• a sense of stability
• access to more platforms
• a commitment to stay open
• a focus on the end user.

I'm happy to say that the open source community can deliver on all of these. I presume of course that for the implementation of this wishlist, you are also willing to pay first. Supporting a healthy ecosystem of open source companies after all generally works better than slinging open letters at us. Open letters with wishlists in them feels a bit too much like looking gift horses in the mouth.

Thank you,

One member of the open source community

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Comments:

Posted by Florian at Mon Jul 04 2005 21:25

I don't know why they use the term "open letter". First they wouldn't put the "letter" in an envelope and send it to anybody, letting the general public peek into what would otherwise be private business.

Lacking this essential requirement to a letter, there's little left to the title.

Why not just call it a long blog entry by anonymous coward?