Archive for October, 2009
On Mono and Samba
Posted by Jason in Novell, Uncategorized on October 19, 2009
Mono apologists love to downplay concerns through poor analogies. One extremely common – and highly flawed – favorite is to compare Mono to Samba.
On Apologetics
The discussion goes into the next round.
Red Hat files Software Patent Brief
Posted by Jason in Patent System, Red Hat on October 2, 2009
Red Hat again shows how a responsible company based on Open Source should act, filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court detailing the severe problems of the current software patent system.
Groklaw on Miguel
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Novell on October 1, 2009
Groklaw has an interesting, meticuously documented bit on Miguel de Icaza in the context of RMS’ recent comments.
25 Years of GNU!
Posted by Jason in Free Software on October 1, 2009
Just a quick note that the FSF is wrapping up its celebration of 25 years GNU! There is a nice quote from RMS: I could have made money [by joining the proprietary software world], and perhaps amused myself writing code. But I knew that at the end of my career, I would look back on [...]
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