Open Your Business to Open-Source Apps
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| Almost daily, headlines proclaim how businesses are cutting costs and
| improving productivity by using Linux-based, open-source software. But
| open-source is more than just Linux: Plenty of free, open-source applications
| are available for Windows and Mac OS X, as well.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/141930/open_your_business_to_opensource_apps.html
Another curious one:
25 Years Ago: Free, Easy, Software Begins
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| When I heard about plans for this anniversary issue, it occurred to me that
| Fluegelman's influence, and his program's, amounted to far more than we
| realized at the time. PC-Talk was clearly a pioneer in helping PCs do
| something easily that initially was addressed as a clunky afterthought:
| communicate across vast distances. But I've recently come to understand that
| Fluegelman's little gem also pointed to a concept that went nameless at the
| time--open-source software--and to today's cornucopia of free applications
| and services.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,141978/article.html
"One person in Helsinki can quickly write the core of a sophisticated operating
system."
--John Warden, lead attorney at Microsoft
Related and recent:
Federal Employment Office switches to Linux
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/102218
Nortel considers Linux desktops for its staff
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| Nortel CIO Steve Bandrowczak, who joined the Canadian telecoms and network
| equipment vendor last July, said "more and more CIOs are looking at Linux
| desktop for reasons of TCO" and argued that the technology "is receiving the
| same level of attention today as when Linux started on servers."
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http://www.mbtmag.com/articleXml/LN731846314.html
Does anybody care about Mr. Gates’s visit in Paris?
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| Bill Gates took the opportunity to enslave sign an agreement with the mayor
| of Paris that will provide educational and social services of the city
| with “free” PCs running Windows Vista (oh, Joy!).
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| Call me envious, jealous, or simply evil, but it’s been a long time I don’t
| buy into Mr Gate’s social initiatives. I call them enlightened self-interest,
| especially when it’s about offering computers running Vista to the poor the
| very same day the French gendarmerie is announcing the migration of 70,000
| desktops to Ubuntu Linux. Yes, you read that right. If there’s any news this
| week coming from France, this is it.
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http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/01/30/does-anybody-care-about-mr-gatess-visit-in-paris/
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