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Underutilization of open-source technologies
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| All open-source projects that fall under the GPL, (General Public License),
| are not given away for free, they are open for the public to use and are
| distributed to the public with the understanding that you will use their
| product for meaningful reasons.
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| In realizing what I have just outlined, I am not anti software development
| companies. There is many great products out there that I have bought and paid
| for, and I would buy and pay for again. But the fact of the matter is, why
| pay for something, when you can get it for open?
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http://www.examiner.com/x-22216-Madison-Information-Technology-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Underutilization-Of-Open-Source-Technologies
Why would a Googler use Solr for search?
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| All for Good is completely open source, so it makes sense that it would opt
| for open-source Solr over Google Base.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10321751-16.html
Yesterday(ish):
Free Software in the Icelandic Education System
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| In a special issue of skÃla og nÃmskeià (english: school and courses), which
| accompanied FrÃttablaÃià on the 25th of August 2009, there was an article
| about a project within the Ministry of Education in cooperation with a group
| of free software advocates, to increase the use of free software within the
| school system. One of the reasons for the project is the Ministryâs agenda to
| increase knowledge and competence among students in IT related subjects. We
| (The Icelandic Society for Digital Freedoms) wholeheartedly agree with this
| reasoning as the society believes that access to computer source code and the
| freedom to modify and explore the software will result in a better
| understanding of information technology which in this context benefits the
| country and the nation as a whole. A strong indication of the governmentâs
| understanding of the benefits of free software is for example the fifth item
| on the official government policy for free software (direct pdf) which states
| that students should have equal opportunity to learn about and use free
| software as well as proprietary software.
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http://www.fsfi.is/2009/08/free-software-in-the-icelandic-education-system/
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