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  • Gates is gone but the fight goes on: Stallman

    To pay so much attention to Bill Gates' retirement is missing the point. What really matters is not Gates, nor Microsoft, but the unethical system of restrictions that Microsoft, like many other software companies, imposes on its customers.

  • W3C patent plan draws protests

    A new and controversial proposal under consideration by the World Wide Web Consortium could open the way for companies to claim patent rights--and demand royalties--on standards authorised by that body.

  • IBM to Sun: free Java

    Big Blue heavyweight Bob wants Sun's Java to be open-sourced and ultimately turned into a standard.

  • Microsoft appoints Linux interoperability chief

    Microsoft has appointed a director to lead its interoperability efforts with Novell.

  • Foundation wants more of the PC to be free

    The Free Software Foundation is calling on developers of open-source software to put their efforts into creating a free version of a crucial but obscure piece of software used in personal computers.

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  • Bill Gates and other communists

    Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.

  • Firefox, bah humbug

    So far, the open source browser has been getting a free ride -- nobody is criticising it. That is, until now.

  • IBM to Sun: free Java

    Big Blue heavyweight Bob wants Sun's Java to be open-sourced and ultimately turned into a standard.

  • Defender of the Linux faith

    Linux kernel developer Harald Welte talks about the challenges of single-handedly tackling companies that violate the GPL.

  • The FUD war against Linux

    Open-source activist Bruce Perens uncovers the SCO-Microsoft connection behind a campaign to convince users that trade secrets of Unix have been copied into Linux.

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  • Firefox, bah humbug

    So far, the open source browser has been getting a free ride -- nobody is criticising it. That is, until now.

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