Software pioneer Mitch Kapor thinks Microsoft's war against open source is over – and that it must be seen in its historical context
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Boosting Linux: Maybe we're going about it the wrong way
For years I've been one who's run up and down the halls stomping for Linux, advising people to switch to a better OS because of any of a hundred different reasons. But a recent article by Sam Varghese of ITWire may have changed my mind, and my focus, on what's needed to make Linux king of the OS's.
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Who Needs Windows 7 When You've Got KDE?
As a devoted free software user, I'm almost as likely to stick my hand down a running garbarator as buy a copy of Windows 7. In fact, so far, I haven't tried Windows 7. But if its features list is any indication, I'm missing little that I don't already have with the latest version of the KDE desktop.
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‘Cause it’s gonna be the future soon
There’s a lot going on in the free software world these days. I’m going to throw out a few wild predictions here about how things will be a year from now.
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Mono and Samba: smell the difference, says Allison
He argues that including Mono as a default part of a GNU/Linux distribution is an unnecessary risk to users and using it should be left up to users - much in the same way that users are free to install players to run patented MP3 files
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KDE4 overtaking GNOME in terms of usability?
Whereas GNOME so far made sacrifices to flexibility and power in order to improve usability KDE4 is succeeding in having its cake and eating it too. They merge flexibility with ingenious design to create a desktop environment in which having lots of options to choose from doesn't impair the ease of use and in some cases actually aids it."
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“Open Core” Is the New Shareware
Ultimately, “Open Core” is a glorified shareware situation. As a user, you get some subset of functionality, and may even get the four freedoms with regard to that subset. But, when you want the “good stuff”, you've got to take a proprietary license. And, this is true whether the Core is GPL'd or permissively licensed.
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Ubuntu Wins!
I never thought I would say that in this blog. But there it is, for all the world to see.
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Monomania
There has been a lot of press recently about the Open Source "Mono" project, arguing about whether it is safe to use by the Free Software community, and even comparing it to the project I work on, Samba. Given all this controversy I thought I might as well write down my own thoughts on the matter, and even try and change a few minds into the bargain.
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Linux-Windows gap to remain for five years
The Linux desktop experience is now closer to the Windows environment than before, but the gap in mainstream adoption for the open source OS will not close anytime soon, says an industry analyst.
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Mono’s #1 Problem is Not Software Patents
Clarification regarding common misconceptions when it comes to Mono drawbacks
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Are App Stores Evil?
It can take longer today to deploy your application than it does to write your application. It is an understatement to say that navigating the business landscape is quite burdensome for today's mobile developer.
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The Importance of Free Software in the Cloud
Do you think that free software is important to cloud computing? I personally think it is crucial, and here is why.
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7 Reasons Why I Have NOT Switched To Google Chrome
I just finished reading 7 Reasons Why I Switched to Google Chrome from Firefox. I found the article a bit on the fanboy side, and I’ll address each of his points here, while also saying my reasons why I’m still holding on to the Firefox browser as my default browser.
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Free on free > proprietary on free > free on proprietary > proprietary on proprietary
Okay so I think we can all agree that proprietary software shouldn't be promoted by the FOSS community. It also seems to be acceptable to promote the use of free software applications on proprietary OSes. So why is there a problem with promoting the use of proprietary applications on free OSes?
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