Why Free Software Values Work for Business
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| Mark observed that open source’s key strength against legacy companies is the
| ability to collaborate. Many people from all over the globe, many of whom
| have never met, work together to create complex software releases like
| Ubuntu. These people work to release software at regular intervals and with
| much greater frequency than either Microsoft or Apple. The ability to
| collaborate in a distributed fashion and produce quality results gives open
| source a significant advantage in the market.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/conferences/blog/2007/07/oreilly_radar_executive_briefi_1.html
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Free Software Foundation's Stallman Sets the Record Straight
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| "Most operating systems were developed for commercial or technical
| motives, but GNU was developed for the sake of giving users the
| freedom to cooperate in a community," said Richard Stallman, founder
| of the GNU Project. "If users don't know this, they will be in danger
| of losing their freedom."
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/qcRJVgbO8fUXJY/Free-Software-Foundations-Stallman-Sets-the-Record-Straight.xhtml
Stallman: Free software is matter of good vs. evil
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| "I'm neither for nor against selling copies of software," he said.
| "The question of money is secondary. There is no conflict between
| free software and capitalism."
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| And free software promotes democracy, too.
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http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/43541-1.html
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