Archive for category Free Software
Anti-FSF Sentiment: Truth Not Relevant
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Linux on November 4, 2010
I find the current VLC in the App Store discussion quite interesting on a number of different fronts, but there is a specific one I’d like to point out here for the Gentle Reader’s edification: Anti-FSF People Don’t Care About The Truth Bold claim? Not really, because there are 2 ways we can come to this [...]
Happy 25th, FSF!
Posted by Jason in Free Software on October 5, 2010
Wow – 25 years and going for the Free Software Foundation! Amazing to contemplate not only the impact the FSF has had on Free Software, but also how the importance of Free Software increases as computing in general spreads throughout ever more aspects of daily life. Some people seem to think that Free Software used to be [...]
Microsoft’s “anti-Linux” tactic
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Linux, Microsoft on October 3, 2010
Short, but interesting article over on Seattle Times, “Microsoft using anti-Linux tactic against Google’s Android“: The lawsuit Microsoft filed against Motorola and its use of Google’s Android phone software is awfully familiar. Microsoft used the same tactic against Linux when the open-source software reached critical mass in the data center and threatened to derail the [...]
On Foundations
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Microsoft, Novell, Open Source on September 29, 2010
Couple of things going on Foundation-wise. LibreOffice LibreOffice is the “rebranding” of OpenOffice.org under the umbrella of the newly formed The Document Foundation. The purpose of The Document Foundation is to be an “independent self-governing meritocratic Foundation”, and although it doesn’t come right out and say it, the main purpose seems to be to move OpenOffice.org out from under [...]
Open – Just like Windows or Mac
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Open Source on September 22, 2010
A cool fellow in our local LUG sent me this link: The WebOS is an open platform, just like Windows and Mac OS. Another example of how useless the term “Open” has become – it can mean anything (or nothing), and is rapidly becoming pure marketing-speak. (I also love how the WebOS touts you can “browse [...]
Shuttleworth: Defending Ubuntu
Posted by Jason in Free Software on September 15, 2010
Mark Shuttleworth has a very interesting blog posting, “Reflections on Ubuntu, Canonical, and the march to free software adoption” where he responds to the latest round of Ubuntu criticism. Free Software makes Ubuntu possible I’ll get straight to the main point: I appreciate the emphasis Mr. Shuttleworth makes on Free Software in his post, especially in [...]
“Free” as in Free Software
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Open Source on September 14, 2010
I’m constantly amused (and always slightly disappointed) when an Open Source proponent is dismissive of Free Software, or even worse, hostile towards Free Software. Team Apologista may harbor and encourage the worst of the group, but they are not the only ones. Just a methodology Consider this: if you think Open Source is “just a development methodology” and [...]
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