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
Replacing one Windows with another 'Windows' (or worse -- one mafia vendor with
another) would be pointless.
Here is a new example of someone who thinks of this transition as a money
saver.
Ubuntu
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| At the end of last year, I tried Linux Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon. Two words to
| fully describe it; Super Duper! I seriously am looking forward the next
| release Linux Ubuntu 8.04.
| Recently, I went to a forum entitled "Linux vs Windows". Guess what? Windows
| was smacked down to the ground!
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| Planning not to put stuffs too much in words, I'll point out several winning
| and losing points of Ubuntu.
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| WINNING POINTS;
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| 1. Nothing about Linux you have to pay, unless you are planning to use it for
| corporate. The idea of 'free' here is not only 'zero cost', but 'freedom' for
| redistribution, development and alternation.
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| 2. No need superb computer to run Linux at superb performance...
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http://wiseup88.blogspot.com/2008/03/ubuntu.html
Related:
Liberation Fonts
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| The first release is a set of fully usable fonts, but they will
| lack the fully hinting capability (hinting adjusts font pixelization
| so that the fonts render with high quality at large and small sizes)
| provided by TrueType/FreeType technology. That release is now ready.
| The second release will provide full hinting of the fonts, and that
| release will be available by the end of the calendar year.
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http://www.press.redhat.com/2007/05/09/liberation-fonts/
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