Linux in the Mainstream: Why Does It Matter?
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| "I firmly believe that aside from being free software, GNU/Linux offers very
| few advantages over its restrictive counterparts (Windows and Mac OS,
| specifically)," Dean explained.
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| "When people discuss 'mass market' or 'Linux adoption,' it's typically based
| on the desire for support for non-free software," he added.
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| For most people, "support" means mainstream software publishers like Adobe
| releasing Photoshop that runs on GNU/Linux natively, he explained. But "the
| addition of non-free software to the GNU/Linux ecosystem is actually harmful
| to the very values that we associate with Linux," he said.
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| Instead, the Linux community "should advocate Free Software adoption," Dean
| said. "In my nearly half decade as a part of that community, I've never heard
| someone say, 'That's free software, so I will not use it.'
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/62142.html?welcome=1205796725
Wine is revising its 1.0 milestone again.
Yesterday:
Open source: world domination or world liberation?
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| Linus Torvalds used to talk about "world domination" as his goal for Linux.
| These days, though, while we seem to be making progress toward this end, we
| also appear to be increasingly complacent. We downplay the ideology that
| underlies open source in favor of "safe" rhetoric about lower sales and
| marketing costs and such.
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9895063-16.html
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