InfoWorld columnist and legendary consumer advocate Ed Foster died over the weekend. Ed was a tireless crusader for consumer rights in the digital age, and he will certainly be missed. For many years Ed has authored GripeLine, where he called companies and politicians to task for abusive anti-consumer practices.

I've written before about how Ed exposed and publicised shamefully lopsided software license agreements, including Autodesk's and Adobe's. Recently, Ed commented about the May, 2008 Vernor decision (see my ADSK v ODA web site for more information about the Vernor case).

It will be no easy task to fill Ed's shoes. We can be certain, though, that his work must go on.

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