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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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unamerican
Being seen as “unamerican” is a big boon in most parts of the world, believe me. ;-)
lozz
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Unfortunately, true
The American people were betrayed by the treason of the Federal Reserve Bill, a century ago, and they've remained the slaves and pawns of the New World Order bankers, ever since.
The so-called, "American Way", blabbed about by the likes of Ballmer, Gates, and John D Rockefeller, uses financial control, foundations, and patents to make sure that the American people remain in as great a slavery as the Russian people were under the frightful Bolshevik regime!
In fact, the Americans became victims of the same bankers as the Russians did, and almost at the same time.