Xandros CEO Andreas Typaldos said Thursday his company did not agree that its Linux distribution violates any Microsoft patents nor did the software giant ask Xandros to do so as part of the patent cross-licensing deal the two signed Monday.
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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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ringokamens
4 years 50 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago
So why did they sign the deal?
So why did they sign the deal? I have no respect for Xandros after they did that, regardless of the reason.
moparx
4 years 50 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago
I met a few people who were interested
I met a few people who were interested in using Xandros for their first GNU/Linux distribution yesterday.
I explained the situation and steered them towards better alternatives.
ringokamens
4 years 50 weeks 2 days 12 hours ago
Good. People need to realize that
Good. People need to realize that the GNU/Linux community will NOT support them if they use Xandros,Novell, or any other products made by companies that cooperate with Microsoft. Also, companies should also realize they will lose that same support.