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Understanding Free and Open Source Software
There are many misconceptions floating around about free and open software (foss). The purpose of this article is to address them and to better inform people. The first response I seem to get when I discuss ‘free software’…
January 5 2010, 8:35pm | Comment
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Microsoft’s deal with New Zealand comes to an end
Microsoft’s nine-year software licencing deal with the New Zealand government has apparently collapsed according to the Inquirer today. In a statement, the State Services Commission (SSC) said that negotiations for another three-year extension of the agreement failed when…
May 27 2009, 7:17am | Comment
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eyeOS is an open source web desktop following the Cloud computing concept, but based on private cloud computing which protects your personal information and offers more security. It acts as a platform for web applications written using the…
April 18 2009, 7:44am | Comment
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Stallman on the Javascript Trap
This week Richard Stallman has added to his earlier comments about web-based (so-called cloud) applications, which are mostly written in JavaScript, but sometimes in Flash. Stallman wants people to run free software so that they can read and change…
March 30 2009, 8:32am | Comment
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Sugar Labs today announced its membership in the Software Freedom Conservancy, an organization of Open Source and Free.Sugar Labs supports the free and open source desktop environment, Sugar, originally created for the One Laptop per Child Project (OLPC).
December 15 2008, 7:34am | Comment
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December 4 2008, 10:04am | Comment
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The UK’s Open Source Consortium has accused the Open University of breaching its founding principles. The Open University came about in the 1960’s as a move towards making university education available to all regardless of income or gender. Given the…
November 26 2008, 7:58am | Comment
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