Basically, members of the free software community can and should do more than just watch the fight and rest on their laurels: the more people that fight, the more likely we are to win this battle, which is anything but over.
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Using Unison to synchronize data on a USB stick
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If graphical synchronization tools like Toucan are not flexible enough for your needs, you might want to try Unison, an easy-to-use yet powerful synchronization utility.
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Does Open Source Licensing Matter?
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At the heart of many open source debates is the issue of licensing. Is one license better than the other?
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Who Are Microsoft's Competitors?
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The company's annual report offers its perspective on who it competes with and where.
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FOSS and the philosophers
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I used to think of myself as something of a rare bird -- a philosopher and software developer with a keen interest in the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movements.
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Q&A: Torvalds on Linux, Microsoft, software's future
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Linus Torvalds was only 22 when he decided in 1991 to share with friends and colleagues the code of Linux, the new OS he had created.
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MS, IBM-Sun slug it out on standard text format
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The fight between world’s biggest IT companies - Microsoft and IBM-Sun Microsystems combine has landed on Indian shores.
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The problem on Linux/FOSS game development
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Linux has evolved to a pretty decent Desktop platform these last years. It features a fast, stable and productive work environment for various purposes.
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Historic Opportunity for Electronic Medical Record Unification in Texas
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Three major healthcare groups: Harris (Houston) and Tarrant (Dallas) County Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority (MHMRA) and Gateway to Care are either near Request for Proposal (RFP) or already have proposals for Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems.
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Apple Support for Open Document Format - Petition
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"We appeal that you release an update to the latest version of iWork suite to support ISO 26300."
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HP's graphics library goes GPL
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HP has burrowed deep into the data center for its package of LinuxWorld-related announcements. Software libraries, code testing and pay-per-use Linux? Sure, why not.
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For GNU/Linux Matters Freedom is Key
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Blue GNU interviewed Gustavo Narea and Olivier Cleynen of GNU/Linux Matters, the organization behind GetGNU/Linux.org.
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MySQL ends distribution of Enterprise source tarballs
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MySQL quietly let slip that it would no longer be distributing the MySQL Enterprise Server source as a tarball, not quite a year after the company announced a split between its paid and free versions.
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Compiz Fusion: New logo and new animations
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The logo is by Graphfreak and may be modified for future release as the artist works with the web team to tweak the design.
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Future Implications: Why Microsoft will fear Google and Linux
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Google and Microsoft are at it again. But this time Google is attacking Microsoft for threatening Linux users for patent violations.
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanFrom the very start, directories have served a very useful purpose on the Internet. (One I find useful for example is Free Web Directory). News sites can also be considered directories: they index and categorize news stories! What about categorizing software? In the open source world you get Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat; there are still, believe it or not, shareware and freeware directories like FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and Freeware Downloads (although you need to be careful, as they are not like their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselAbout Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software?, it's clear that the topic of software directories is very hot. Most of what you find on Google, however, are not pointing to free and open soruce software -- or worse, they mix the two. Examples of such sites are Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download, which simply don't focus on "free as in freedom", and still can be used as good free software directories.
