Can Stephen Fry deliver open source to the UK?
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| “The two great pillars of Open Source are the GNU project and Linux. I shan’t
| burden you with too much detail, I’ll just make the outrageous claim that
| your computer will be running some descendant of those two within the next
| five years and that your life will be better and happier as a result.”
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| Fry has previously advocated the adoption of Firefox and discussed the
| problems caused by proprietary music formats, amongst other things.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/02/12/can-stephen-fry-deliver-open-source-to-the-uk/
How to Create a Desktop Linux Monopoly
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| What if I told you that it would actually be possible to see a Linux monopoly
| with the right components in place taking form within a short five-year
| period? That would be impossible due to licensing and availability, right?
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| Nonsense. While it would never "out maneuver" Microsoft Windows or OS X from
| a monopolistic point on view, with certain things in place, a company pushing
| a tightly controlled Linux distribution could definitely corner the desktop
| Linux market in a very short period of time.
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/article.php/3727516
Recent:
Deliver us from Microsoft
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| This is a computer designed as an introductory machine for children or
| adults, as well as a simple cheap do-it-all machine along the “One Laptop Per
| Child” model but which is also absolutely ideal as a truly cheap, portable,
| resilient device to slam into a backpack or briefcase. Everything you could
| want is there in free, Open Source form. It does not pretend to cater for the
| power user but, while file management is basic for the average person,
| tuxheads (Linux experts) can go straight to terminal mode and do their stuff.
| Meanwhile, for the rest of us, this is a wonderful little friend who does all
| we need straight out of the box. And it is only the beginning…
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http://stephenfry.com/blog/?p=39
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