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Dispelling Common Free Software Misconceptions

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

Here is a great site (www.getgnulinux.org) as an introduction to Free Software concepts, and this page does a pretty lucid job of clearing up some common misconceptions, including the infamous allusions to the dreaded "C" word.

5. Free software is like communism.
Supporters of this idea argue that there can be no private ownership with free (or […]

More on Novell’s Mixed-Source Model

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

Recently, it was declared that Novell is a mixed-source company, which really shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone familiar with their product line. At the CITI forum, Novell South Africa Country Manager Stafford Masie shared his insight in contrasting the philosophies of Red Hat and Novell, or as he put it, “end […]