"This is a great time for the Gates Foundation to embrace GNU/Linux, bringing the value of Free Software to people who might otherwise not hear its value. For the past 10 years the Gates Foundation has expanded access to technology by delivering Windows computers to public libraries. Wouldn't it be cool for the next 10 years for the Gates Foundation to deliver new GNU systems for public access use at these same libraries? ..."
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanSince the very beginning, directories (of any kind) have had a very central role in the internet. (I have recently grown fond of Free Web Directory. Even Slashdot can be considered a directory: a collection of great news and invaluable user-generated comments. As far as software is concerned, doing a quick search on Google about software directories will return the free (as in freedom) software directories like Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat and so on, followed by shareware and freeware sites such as FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and All Freeware (great if you're looking for shareware and freeware, but definitely less comprehensive than their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselI read David Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software? the other day, which got me thinking about software directories in general. As David mentioned, many of the software directories one finds when doing a quick google search are free as in beer, not as in freedom. But what interests me is the software directories that already exist, providing a combination of both free as in beer software, and open source software. Sites such as Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download don't advertise themselves as providing free as in liberty software, but each of them have a good selection of open source software available... if you know where to look.
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I notice that this is tagged
I notice that this is tagged humour. I fail to appreciate the humour in the opinion that the Gates Foundation should embrace GNU/Linux.
A free society needs Free Software in order to be free. Both the GNU and Linux systems are Free software. The Gates Foundation has its headquarters in Washington, USA. The USA is considered a free country. Following this set of premises, is it not reasonable to conclude that the the Gates Foundation should embrace GNU/Linux?
According to the article, the mission of the Gates Foundation is to "expand access to education and health". I've read cynical opinions that one of the purposes for the foundation is to the spread influence of Microsoft's subjugation. If the foundation truly exists with mission of spreading Microsoft influence, then I concede that it could be considered humourous for the foundation to embrace GNU/Linux. However, if the foundation truly exists to further mankind through expanding access to education and health, then embracing GNU/Linux should be considered.