free software

Another definition of free/open (web)service.

A definition of free/open (web)service.

Why is Free (as in freedom) software free (as in free beer)? A good answer in this post!

Gustavo's post led to an interesting short discussion with yours truly. Is the availability of a free computing environment an undeclared human right, or is it merely a necessity for preserving human rights in today's society? Splitting of hairs, writing of words .

Only few months ago it may have seemed incredible, and now that it has happened we are left in almost a dreamy state wondering what exactly just happened. There has been a controversy regarding Dell's offering of GNU/Linux (Ubuntu) on their machines being too little, too late, too focused on enthusiast market instead of general market, but it can't be denied, despite everything, that this is a move in the right direction and that it leaves a lot of hope that the long expected surge of desktop GNU/Linux is about to be happening soon.

So here's a link to something we could only fantasize about few months ago, a page on one of the top tier PC vendors, selling Free Software to the masses (or..