Boy Scouts Ask Open Source Community For Help

Lucas123 writes "The Boy Scouts of America are looking to the open-source community for help in building software to use for fundraisers, special events, and other functions, for their more than 121,000 local scout troops. Some open source advocates, who are former Boy Scouts, support the idea, despite a few reservations. According to the article, there are no plans for a scout merit badge in open source — but there has been a merit badge in computers since 1967, 'and it is possible that if the program is successful, it could eventually be used by IT-savvy scouts themselves.'"

BSA

[dameron]

I thought they hated open source.

Re:LOL - Boy Scouts

[Denger256]

Yea, I'd help them. NOT.

The 90's called and they want their sarcasm back

Re:BSA

[larry bagina]

So, they don't hate Open Source (tm), they just hate Open Source (tm) advocates.

What do they want?

[blackjackshellac]

There's tons of information out there, linux distros galore, open office, et. al. They want me to hold their hand or something?

Nah, that would be kinda gay.

I will help if they will renounce that god fo theirs, the hippie one, who needs money all the time. At lot of money.

BSA

[phrostie]

just wait till the BSA finds out what the BSA is doing

LOLdot

[BigBlueOx]

"Boy Scouts? They're close-minded Christian big(g)ots not open-minded people like us! Fuck 'em!"
"Yeah!"
"Ditto!"
"Me Too!"
"I HATE Republicans!"
"Yeah!"
"Me Too!"
"Ditto!
"And Microsoft! I HATE Microsoft!"
"Yeah!"

Re:thirded...

[Holi]

>Interestingly, the Girl Scouts' official position is that they have no official position on >homosexuality.

Honestly though, that's because lesbians are hot.

Re:No

[sm62704]

They can fuck right off.

Sorry, Mr. Blair, but you Brits aren't allowed in the Boy Scouts of America. Next time try not to be so British in your "anonymous" comment.

Re:thirded...

[Deadstick]

I'll take a case of Thin Mints...

rj

Re:BSA

[IllForgetMyNickSoonA]

Personally, I find grown up people who choose to spend their time in the woods with small boys kind of suspect anyway... :-)

Re:No wonder...

[sm62704]

Attention American mods: that was a British joke, albeit a poor one. In the British Isles, a "fag" is a cigarette. Mr. AC, your joke was in poor taste, as over here in the colonies "fag" is a pejoritive term for "homosexual".

Re:BSA

[XenoPhage]

Gay Jesus?!?!? NOW you're making waves!

No, that's Gay Surfer Jesus.. Gay Jesus is one shelf up, next to Lesbian Mary.

Re:BSA

[fm6]

Well, as the proverbial card-carrying ACLU member, I certainly support the BSA getting that berth — at a market rate. I'd say the same for any group, including that perennial ACLU client, the American Nazi party.

Oops, I just compared the BSA to the Nazis, didn't I? Godwin strikes again!

Re:BSA

[stefanlasiewski]

I was uh, merely quoting what I read on the Wikipedia page [wikipedia.org].

Re:No shit, really?

[Doctor Faustus]

Scouting is a place to help boys grow up to be men. NORMAL men.
But then they're asking for computer help. I've met a couple of programmers who were normal men. They sucked.