Blacks are Not Lazy." New OSI President Steps Down

You know, why does Microsoft even bother to spend money to thwart Linux when it's top supporters act like such buffoons anyway...?!

New OSI President Steps Down By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols March 4, 2005

The OSI (Open Source Initiative) is the body that approves open-source licenses. Nelson, a founding member of the nonprofit group and president of Crynwr Software, a high-end e-mail system design company based on open-source software, was named president on Feb. 1.

He took the place of Eric Raymond, a co-founder of the OSI, who had been president since the organization's founding.

In his Weblog, Nelson said, "I'm resigning from the presidency of the Open Source Initiative, effective last Wednesday (2-23). I have waited to make this announcement because it is not easy to admit inadequacy publicly."

"I have no trouble telling people that I am a poor swimmer, but that is of no matter to me since I don't care about swimming. I care very much that OSI have a good president. I don't like politics, and it's become evident in recent weeks that OSI's role has rapidly become much more political," Nelson wrote.

"I am not ready for the position of president; certainly not by training and perhaps not even by temperament. The entire board is unanimous in agreeing that we need a president with more political savvy than I," he continued.