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The Cost of Free
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| Furious! This describes the response of a portion of the Dutch free and open
| source afficionados when hearing about the idea that OpenOffice.org might get
| advertisements as part of the binary package. Jonathan Schwartz (Sun
| Microsystems), who launched the idea on his weblog (and already retracted
| it), was aware the idea could cause a furor. Strangely enough, the anger
| seemed limited to the Netherlands.
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http://www.ruminationsonthedigitalrealm.org/2008/12/07/the-cost-of-free
5 Tips for free software advocates
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| Beware price comparisons
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| Balance the rate of change
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| Being realistic will win hearts and minds
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| Be in it for the long haul
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| Help them to engage with the community
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/5_tips_free_software_advocates
Recent:
Opinion: open source value transcends tough times
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| Furthermore, touting open source software as merely a lower-cost option
| positions it as an also-ran, something to use when you can't afford better.
| I'd rather see open source software compete on the basis of real technical
| merit. I think much of it can, nowadays.
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| Or, if a company really wants to tout their offering as a cost-saver, let
| them provide a real cost-benefits analysis, not simply invoke the specter of
| budget cuts. Upfront licensing costs are often the least of it, where
| software deployment costs are concerned.
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| There's little doubt that open source software is a great boon to
| industrialized economies around the world. Saving companies from paying
| licensing fees for commercialized software is hardly foremost, however. The
| real value is in distributing development costs across entire industries, so
| that innovation happens at an ever-higher level. Ultimately, it's innovation
| that drives value in software, not simply how much the bits cost.
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9545962015.html?kc=rss
Open source looks to catch the falling knife
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| Over in Europe, the Italian Linux Association and local Open Office group
| are taking a more humorous approach, searching to “Microsoft Office
| dinosaurs.”
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| Roberto Galoppini focused on this program in his latest blog post, then
| called in to say that, no matter what, the knife is going to fall.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3022
Microsoft will be hurt by financial crisis, RBC analyst says
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| The devastating U.S. financial crisis will hurt software giant Microsoft
| Corp.'s bottom line this holiday season as shoppers tighten their purse
| strings, RBC Capital Markets says.
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http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/tradingdesk/archive/2008/09/29/microsoft-will-be-hurt-by-financial-crisis-rbc-analyst-says.aspx
Ballmer says Microsoft not immune from global crisis
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080930/bs_nm/us_microsoft_ballmer;_ylt=Au5VO.rh_OuPGHCBr9O.m4K573QA
Microsoft loses 90 Billion Dollars
http://slated.org/microsoft_loses_90_billion_dollars
Microsoft's Market Cap Falls $24B in 17 Days
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| Microsoft is on the list. Today, the stock closed at $25.01 a share, down
| $2.39, or 8.72 percent.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/microsofts_market_cap_falls_24b_in_two_weeks.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Related:
Ex-Microsoft boss sentenced
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/371393_msftcourt19.html
Former Microsoft Manager Gets 2 Years In Jail
http://news.portalit.net/fullnews_former-microsoft-manager-gets-2-years-in-jail_1427.html
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