From the same guy as "Why 100% Free SOftware Destroys Linux": "There are many fantastic Open Source projects out there. But just how do they get the funding they need to continue and expand development?"
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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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Ubuntu87
3 years 13 weeks 3 days 12 hours ago
RHEL, proprietary? I don't think so..
Well, if RHEL is proprietary, then how come its page at Wikipedia clearly states that it's Free Software/Open Source? And even if what's written in Wikipedia is wrong, then how come nobody bothered to correct it??
With all due respect, but the author of this blog seems to have a huge heap misconceptions and misunderstandings of what FLOSS philosophy is really about.
Please allow me to vote against it.
aboutblank
3 years 13 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago
RHEL is not completely free
The argument showing the proprietary nature of RHEL is as follows:
http://ianmurdock.com/2004/07/20/red-hat-enterprise-linux-is-proprietary/
I don't fully understand the logic being used to demonstrate how RHEL is proprietary software, but I have a different understanding of proprietary software.
As far as I'm aware, the majority of Red Hat's RHEL offerings are mostly acceptable as it is mostly composed of free software. However, there are numerous instances to show that RHEL contains user subjugating software or endorsements to install user subjugating software. On this ground, I would never recommend RHEL for as long as it endorses proprietary software.
Ubuntu87
3 years 13 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago
I agree, but..
I agree with you, but, as far as I understand, is that RHEL (as the name implies) is dedicated mainly to the enterprise, like projects, corporations.. etc etc.
And, we all know that a corporation is not like a normal house.
In other words, they have a huge business model, they have huge plans, goals, projects... etc. And in order to apply any sort of Information Technology, it has to be completely supported, and it has to follow certain standards that make it safe and reliable for the use in a corporation, and in huge and complicated projects.
So that's probably the explanation for why Red Hat looks so much like proprietary software. Ya know, downloading the Ubuntu .iso file, burning it on a cd and installing it can work for me and you, but large corporations will take this as one of those Dilbert comics, right?