Pass the source, please
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| There is little doubt the open-source software movement has anti-capitalist
| elements. It even has a manifesto, the well-known tract The Cathedral and the
| Bazaar, written by the movement's very own Karl Marx, Eric Raymond (find it
| at catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar).
|
| It's a work in progress, constantly updated as Raymond sees fit, in the
| open-source tradition. Raymond calls SCO's actions suicidal and "deeply
| stupid".
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/perspectives/pass-the-source-please/2007/09/24/1190486224791.html
The problem with the computer industry under capitalism - Free Software the
answer?
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| The term "free software" suggests a free lunch. One may think this simply
| means that you don't have to pay for the software. In most cases that is
| true, but not always. In this context "free" corresponds to the meaning of
| the French term libre, so it does not necessarily mean gratis. It is about
| freedom, not price.
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http://www.marxist.com/computer-industry-capitalism-free-software240907.htm
Of course, the "communism" BS is utter FUD. Everyone using the same softare
(Windows), /that/ is Communist and totalitarian.
Related:
Microsoft resumes bashing open source
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| What I got from Clint Patterson, public relations director for Microsoft's
| Unified Communications Group, went a couple notches beyond the "competition
| is healthy" category of platitudes I'd expected. Instead Patterson offered a
| broad criticism of open-source businesses that hark back to days of yore when
| top executives called the collaborative programming philosophy "un-American"
| and a "cancer."
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http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9780445-39.html
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