When he began his one-man mission in 1984, critics dismissed Richard Stallman as tilting at windmills. Has his labour paid off?
Recent media coverage has roundly dismissed desktop Linux on the grounds that "Microsoft is invincible." This column looks at why Linux has a tough time getting favourable coverage in the mainstream media, and how a bunch of "Volunteer Linux PR Firemen" are working to change that.
The idea expressed in many articles--that GNU/Linux is good for servers but not for the desktop--is a joke. The fact is, Linux will prevail.
In the latest round of the Microsoft versus open-source battle, the head of the Free Software Foundation has fired the first salvo. Stallman claims software, to Microsoft, is only about money, where it should be about freedom, equality and liberty.
Trend Micro is suing Barracuda Networks over its use of the free open source antivirus software, ClamAV. If it wins, open source advocates fear it threatens all users of the free software and will legitimise the use of patent law to attack OSS.
When he began his one-man mission in 1984, critics dismissed Richard Stallman as tilting at windmills. Has his labour paid off?
The BIOS is one of the most closely guarded pieces of your system's software. Now some people want to set it free.
The idea expressed in many articles--that GNU/Linux is good for servers but not for the desktop--is a joke. The fact is, Linux will prevail.
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Though they may not be household names like Thorpie or Lleyton, local developers rank among the world's best.
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