So, negotiations between Red Hat and Microsoft appear to be ongoing in the media. [...] So, let's see. How does this work? "I got it and you got it but *I* make money when you use it." Who wouldn't want that? Um... Red Hat. Why not, Microsoft beguiles. I'll tip you. And, by the way, I won't interoperate with you unless you agree.
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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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mattflaschen
4 years 46 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago
This is great news. Red Hat is
This is great news. Red Hat is attacking Microsoft's premise that the deal is primarily about interoperability, and ruling out a patent deal at the same time.
melinko2003
4 years 46 weeks 5 days 4 min ago
Really in this situation the fact
Really in this situation the fact that Redhat is a household name and its fighting the Microsoft Patent BS is awesome. I mean really the days of Closed Source in my opinion is over really. Open Source has created something very special... a 5:1 ratio of identical products vs Microsoft's 1 product. I sense the adoption of more Open Source type projects in Enterprise type environments we may see alot more money go towards product development vs Closed source's pocket book.
In fact lets look at OLPC which will bring a OS/Networking/Hardware to unprivileged country's who couldn't afford licensing Fee's.. The whole point is not to collect a Dollar its to Educate some one who may have the potential to become something important. I've read about alot of projects that want to rival this but the point is by making a computer w/OS that can be updated for 175$ flat cost means that closed source is loosing cash.
This results in Micro-Nut's little spat about patent infringement. Does anyone really look at microsoft seriously? I mean they EOL'd Windows XP at the end of the year, which is probably there most fundemental mistake.. EOL = no updates , which means Customers who have paid for that OS have wasted money. Vista upgrade? almost 3x the requirements that XP had taken. Xfce looks better in my opinion on 133mhz. Sad fact is microsoft is slowly heading down the hill and its trying to ruin everything in its path.