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Free software heroes: from Stallman to Google, a list of inspiring individuals
who made everything possible
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| Richard Stallman.. With rms, I don’t even know where to start.
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| What would the world be like if those individuals had taken a plumbing career
| instead? You can argue that if they hadn’t done it, well, somebody else may
| have. That word “may” is the problem here. (This also brings the more the
| more theoretical problem of the “near-miss list”: the list of people who did
| take a plumbing career instead of helping the world, but that’s a different
| story…)
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| Without Pamela Jones, many (including me) believe that the SCO case against
| Linux could have taken a much nastier turn. Without Stallman, the free
| software movement wouldn’t be nearly as organised and strong. Without
| Shuttleworth, a proprietary GNU/Linux distribution could have become the
| market leader (it was already happening, slowly, with Linspire). Without
| Larry Page and Sergey Brin there would be no Google. No Summer of Code. No
| Android. No OpenSocial—and the list goes on and on. Without Bob Young and
| Matthew Szulik, there might be no clear leader in the GNU/Linux server
| market, or—worse — Red Hat might have given in to Microsoft’s pressure to
| enter a disastrous patent deal.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/free_software_heroes_stallman_google_list_inspiring_individuals_who_made_everything_
Google helps a lot with Microsoft's slide.
Related:
Microsoft profit on slide
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| Some analysts are looking for any signs of improvement from
| Microsoft's internet division, which continues to lose market
| share in web search to Google.
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| Microsoft's online services group saw revenue fall for the last
| four quarters and posted a loss in the past three quarters while
| it shifted to a new internet advertising platform and overhauled
| the company's web properties.
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http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21109542%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
Microsoft Office Online falls into Halloween time vortex
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| Either Steve "Uncle Fester" Ballmer is preparing everyone for his star turn
| at Halloween very early this year, or there's something wrong over at
| Microsoft's Office Online site.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/10/microsoft_office_halloween/
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