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Free and Open Source Software Developers Working for Free (Economics 101)

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One still occasionally hears people wonder why free and open source software developers "work for free." We aren't talking about developers that work at a company or university.

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Pamela Jones gets gong

http://www.theinquirer.net

PAMELA JONES, laserlike paralegal, principled advocate for free and open source software, and founder, headmistress and editor of Groklaw, received the Knowledge Masters Award for Innovation from the Louis Round Wilson Academy, she revealed at Groklaw on Saturday.

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What was the downfall of SCO?

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Funny comic strip about what exactly brought about the downfall of sco.

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On the Front Lines with Richard Stallman

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RMS: "I can’t foretell the future because it depends on you, and on your readers. The more users come to value freedom, and think as citizens, the more they will insist on freedom-respecting software. But if they continue to think as consumers, valuing short-term convenience at the expense of freedom, then the future of freedom will be at the mercy of practical side issues."

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Urgent note from RMS

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" Boycott Yahoo, Hotmail, MSN, and WebTV for political censorship."

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Open source opens doors

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For someone whose job suddenly disappeared on him, Auckland software developer Vik Olliver is on a high. Apart from his employment misfortune, good things have been happening to Olliver, a stalwart of the open source software community in New Zealand.

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10 Myths About Open Source Software Answered, by Carlo Daffara

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May I request your input? This article is part of our research in the EU project FLOSSMETRICS, where we are preparing a guide for helping small and medium-sized enterprises on the adoption of free/libre/open source software (FLOSS).

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Negroponte to announce "Give one, get one" OLPC promotion

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Nicholas Negroponte, the visionary behind the One Laptop Per Child initiative (OLPC), has publicly expressed his disappointment at the lack of orders for his low-cost computer for poor children. The situation has become so dire that Negroponte will announce a "Give one, get one" promotion in the US and Canada.

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One Laptop Per Child -- XO Giving

http://xogiving.org

Thank you for your interest in One Laptop Per Child. Our mission is to provide a means for learning, self-expression and exploration to the nearly two billion children of the developing world with little or no access to education. While children are by nature eager for knowledge, many countries have little resources to devote to education—sometimes less than $20 a year per child.

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Windows should not come pre-installed on computers

http://www.globalisation.eu

Computers in the European Union should be sold without a bundled operating system, according to this submission to the European Commission. It says that the bundling of Microsoft Windows with computers is not in the public interest, and prevents meaningful competition in the operating system market.

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Educating GNU/Linux users

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My review of the latest release of Ubuntu was picked up by Slashdot this week, releasing a flood of criticism.

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So This Penguin Walks Into The Library...

http://blog.lobby4linux.com

A project to get GNU/Linux distro CDs in public libraries and other locations.

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'Open Minds' want Linux and open source in American schools

http://www.linux-watch.com

Many other countries are turning to Linux and open-source for their school-house computer needs, and now there's a conference for those who want to bring it to schools in the U.S.

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OpenOffice.Org 3.0 feature list

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OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2007) is taking place this week. Among the first information available is a talk about the future of OOorg.

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Linux and its identity crisis

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If you've been following the current rift in the Linux community between Linus Torvalds and his minions squaring off against Con Kolivas and the mainstream Linux fanatics, you probably know that it's getting quite heated.

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