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  • GPLv3 release set for Saturday morning

    The Free Software Foundation is set to release the General Public License version 3 at noon on Friday (in the US).

  • Enterprise Wars: Open-source strikes back

    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.

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    For better or worse, we now have a specific issue by which to differentiate the OSI vision of "open source" from the FSF vision of "free software." That issue is privacy.

  • Open source: One agnostic's view

    The response of Bruce Perens and nine other notables from the world of open-source software to Microsoft Senior VP Craig Mundie's recent speech will no doubt puzzle those who haven't paid much attention to the subject.

  • GPL 3 may tackle Web loophole

    The next version of the General Public License may tackle the issue of Web companies that use free software in commercial Web-based applications but don't distribute the source code.

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  • Sun's no-op announcement

    Richard Stallman says even if Sun and others follow IBM's lead and started defusing the patent minefield of software development, the battle against software patents must continue.

  • India's licence to open source

    Does anyone really need another open-source licensing model? One of the leaders of India's IT movement says yes.

  • Free-software gadfly takes on Net group

    A leader of the free-software movement is considering a move to pack the Internet Engineering Task Force with like-minded members to boost support for royalty-free standards.

  • Gates on Vista, Linux and more

    Microsoft's chairman discusses his favourite Vista feature, why he'll keep pushing for a new file system and open source's role.

  • Microsoft tweaks troubled licensing plan

    Microsoft angered its customers and now it wants to make good.

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Reviews (12)

  • VMware ThinApp 4

    ThinApp, previously known as Thinstall, offers a more streamlined and portable approach to new software roll-outs and development. Software developers and administrators of large numbers of workstations and or mobile workers are bound to benefit greatly from this software.

  • Who wrote Linux?

    Recent disputes over the authorship of Linux are missing an extremely obvious point. Has nobody noticed?

  • Corel debuts new WordPerfect

    The company is releasing the new version of its WordPerfect office software, but analysts say it's unlikely to make much headway against Microsoft Office.

  • Windows Media Player 9.0: Best under XP

    Count Windows Media Player 9.0 as a strong but not breakthrough upgrade--if you use XP, that is.

  • Time to ditch Outlook? 9 e-mail clients tested

    Outlook has been copping some heat lately, largely for attracting virus writers, while Thunderbird has been getting all of the good press. We examine the two products, and other e-mail clients available today, so you can see if replacing Outlook really is an option.

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