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Free and Open Source Licenses

Posted on November 9, 2010 by admin

Interesting discussion here. But many FOSS-based transactions are not commercial in the foregoing sense. Instead, software subject to a FOSS license may come into a product without the producer knowing that this has happened or, in any realistic way, assenting to … Continue reading →

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Suns tracking SGI

Posted on April 5, 2009 by admin

IBM dropped its offer to acquire Sun for $7billion. Sun has now a series of projects for which it has large costs, but no clear method of making money. What did Sun gain from open sourcing Solaris, from giving away … Continue reading →

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Software comes from the sky and labor is overpaid: NOT!

Posted on March 9, 2009 by admin

John Dvorak concludes an otherwise sensible  article on the effect of Linux/Office-clone packages combined with netbooks with the following: If Intel can provide users with powerful little systems for $99 and has been pushing prices lower and lower over the … Continue reading →

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