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The Importance of GNU
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| Unix was a good choice in that it was
| compartmentalized and it was relatively
| straightforward to replace each Unix
| component with it's GNU replacement. (For
| anyone who doesn't know: GNU is a recursive
| acronym that means 'GNU is Not Unix'). Bit
| by bit RMS worked and by the early 1990's he
| had almost a complete system. Only one major
| part was missing and that was the kernel.
|
| As we know Linus Torvalds wrote a kernel and
| then people started to use the GNU utilities
| to create a complete operating system. Of
| course there were many contributions from
| different places, but the two most important
| parts were the GNU utilities and the Linux
| kernel.
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http://maxhost.org/blog/2009/10/importance-of-gnu.html
Digital Nativism
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| Nevertheless, the historical narratives of
| the digital spaces could benefit from a
| critical reflection and inspection, just
| think of the origins of free software as
| narrated e.g. by Grassmuck in Germany.
| According to the narrative in the beginning
| all software was freely shared and source
| code exchanged but then corporate greed took
| over, and Richard Stallman quit his MIT job.
| Of course you also find other narratives of
| the history of computing and the net or
| could make up your own.
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http://arebentisch.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/digital-nativism/
Recent:
Linux Freedom Under Attack
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| I think we also need to send Richard
| Stallman to meet with new Federal CIO,
| Vivek Kundra, to discuss our government's
| obligation to use free software. Stallman
| told me, himself, that he would like an
| opportunity to meet with Mr. Kundra. So,
| if any of you have any connections or
| contacts in that realm, let's help RMS go
| to Washington.
|
| We deserve a voice in Washington because
| we know there are those in the opposing
| camps with lobbyists and representatives
| to promote their side of the story. We
| need ours.
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http://www.daniweb.com/news/story244791.html
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