September 15 is Software Freedom Day
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| Mozilla will be participating of the celebration with a number of conferences
| in Utah, California, North Carolina and China during the days before,
| concluding with Mozilla24 scheduled for the same day.
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http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2007/09/september-15-is-software-freedom-day/
Public Good and Mozilla
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| Before someone flames me, for-profit corporations are, by definition, run for
| profit and to enrich the value of the corporation for the share holders.
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http://www.arcanology.com/2007/09/04/public-good-and-mozilla/
And then they disown Thunderbird.
Related:
Can a Public Good Survive Corporate Interest?
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| Perhaps it’s inevitable that community-driven development, maintenance, and
| support will reduce markets for proprietary software up and down all of the
| stacks. Perhaps the most successful projects will have the strong support of
| businesses.
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| Do you want to rely on their goodwill to allow you to use, study, and
| redistribute software as you see fit? Are you willing to take the risk that
| they will encourage a healthy commons which allows you to use your data as
| you see fit?
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http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/08/can_a_public_good_survive_corp_1.html
For GNU/Linux Matters Freedom is Key
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| The team at GNU/Linux Matters have clarified their comments about the
| venerable Linux.org site. Their position is that the site is too
| commercialized and outdated to be of much use, especially to the newcomers it
| is supposed to help.
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http://blue-gnu.biz/node/83
Microsoft -- Growth play, value play, or just lousy play?
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| 1) Fact: Microsoft stock has performed abysmally over the past 5 years
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| 2) Fact: Investors have been more than patient
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| 3) Fact: Management's statements are at odds with observable facts and the
| stock's performance
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| 4) Fact: The leadership team's actual track record of investments is
| decidedly mixed, if not in fact poor.
|
| 5) Fact: Management is arguing with the market and results, and shareholders
| are paying the freight for that hubris and failure
|
| 6) Fact: External shareholder are the majority owners of this company
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http://msftextrememakeover.blogspot.com/2007/08/growth-play-value-play-or-just-lousy.html
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