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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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2 years 11 weeks 4 days 20 hours ago
Get real, M$!
Toyota were warned that their dodgy throttles were killing their customers and ignored it. Now they're going to have to pay out, big time.
There's no stupid suggestions that the taxpayers should have to pay for Toyota's negligence.
The makers of Vioxx were warned, for years, that their pain pills were killing their customers, now they're going to have to pay through the nose for their negligence.
There is no reason that the taxpayer will be asked to pay for their expenses.
Where does the M$-Monopoly think it gets off - demanding that the tacpayer should subsidise its negligant conduct with extra taxes?
M$ has always been repeatedly warned that their insecure OS invites malicious attacks and then sit on their hands for months while their customers are getting wiped out .
M$ should pay for their own negligence, just like Toyota and Vioxx will have to.