The Way It Is

You can get higher resolution files:

MPEG – http://files.me.com/jamesdixon/zqbm8g.mov

Quicktime – http://files.me.com/jamesdixon/z09fku.mov

Ogg Theora – http://files.me.com/jamesdixon/l4q27g

The words are (read line by line forward, then backwards):

• we are at the mercy of the vendors
• we refuse to accept that
• open source is strategic
• closed systems
• are better than
• open standards
• closed source is the future
• you cannot say
• software is changing
• everyone knows
• proprietary is better
• we don’t believe
• transparency is valuable
• it is obvious
• the big vendors are secure
• there is no way
• open source is widespread
• the evidence is everywhere
• a single-vendor stack
• is preferable to
• any mix of choice and ownership
• what you just heard is the truth
• it makes no sense to say that
• there is an alternative

To my knowledge this style of presentation was first used in a political campaign for Lopez Murphy in Argentina:

And then in an AARP video competition: