Archive for April, 2008

Negroponte vs. Open-Source Fundamentalists - Slashdot

Negroponte vs. Open-Source FundamentalistsSlashdot -Apr 28, 2008Sharing is good and that children should not be taught the lessons of non free software in an educational setting - that ideas are things to be owned for …

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DRM and the BBC iPlayer: an interview with Paul Battley - Free Software Magazine

DRM and the BBC iPlayer: an interview with Paul BattleyFree Software Magazine -57 minutes agoThe FSF is making the case for free software. In the meantime, we still live in a world dominated by proprietary software and abusive monopolies: I’m just …

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Coding Around UAC's Security Limitations - Slashdot

Coding Around UAC's Security LimitationsSlashdot -57 minutes agoMariam writes "Free software developers from the non-profit NeoSmart Technologies have published a report detailing their experience with coding around …

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Latest from the Bizarre Cathedral - Free Software Magazine

Latest from the Bizarre CathedralFree Software Magazine -38 minutes ago… is IT Manager for Contact a Family, a UK National charity for families with disabled children where they make significant use of free software. …

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A cold, calculated and impersonal attempt to be personal using “my … - IBLNEWS

A cold, calculated and impersonal attempt to be personal using “my …IBLNEWS, Spain -8 minutes agoMicrosoft new Live Mesh service will have 15 components, including an application that synchronizes files on multiple computers, or a free software service …

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Bill Gates on the GPL - 'We Disagree' - Slashdot

Bill Gates on the GPL - 'We Disagree'Slashdot -Apr 24, 2008Dionysius, God of Wine, writes with a link to an Ars Technica story, quoting Bill Gates: "'There's free software and then there's open source'" he suggested …

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Watching the watchers of the GPL - TechRepublic

Watching the watchers of the GPLTechRepublic, KY -46 minutes agoIn March 2008 Harald won the Award for the Advancement of Free Software from the Free Software Foundation. Of course awareness is not the sole purpose of …

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Microsoft and free software? I don't think so… - Free Software Magazine

Microsoft and free software? I don't think so…Free Software Magazine -41 minutes agoMicrosoft turn to free software? That’ll be the day. Some have suggested that Microsoft might embrace free software and thus resolve the present conflict. …

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Xacti Releases Web Security Guard 4.5.5 with Unique Triple Layer … - PR Web (press release)

Xacti Releases Web Security Guard 4.5.5 with Unique Triple Layer …PR Web (press release), WA -45 minutes agoBoca Raton, FL (PRWEB) April 26, 2008 — Xacti, provider of free software, announces the release of new Web Security Guard 4.5.5, a free powerful Internet …

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Enterprise Linux Log: A SearchEnterpriseLinux.com blog - Search Enterprise Linux

Enterprise Linux Log: A SearchEnterpriseLinux.com blogSearch Enterprise Linux -4 hours agoUbuntu fans may be passionate geeks when it comes to free software but last night’s happy love-fest at the Globe Bar & Grill in Copley Place was more about …

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