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Open-Source Software and Its Role in Space Exploration - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership

A software developer from JPL explains the reasons that NASA has embraced free and open source software in its application development process. Because, in a Mars launch, the term "mission critical" has a literal meaning.

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Why is proprietary software so bad?

One of the biggest arguments in the Linux world rages around proprietary software (software restricted by license and/or price). The majority of the Linux users out there are for pure FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software). That is, they only want FLOSS

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Free Software Foundation and GNU Online Store

Show your support for freedom in software and computing by buying some cool t-shirts, books, stickers, reference cards and other FSF/GNU gear.

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KDE 4: Creating a Plasma Theme in 7 Easy Steps

Tutorial: How to create a Plasma desktop theme for KDE 4 by using vector SVG graphic elements.

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Microsoft's plan for a concerted attack on GNU/Linux - Keep Your Eyes Open

Here's a fascinating document coming from Microsoft – actually a job advertisement for the post of Senior Marketing Manager – Open Source Community. One of his jobs: to move free and open source away from free and open source GNU/Linux and to the clos

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Microsoft's plan for a concerted attack on GNU/Linux - Keep Your Eyes Open

Here's a fascinating document coming from Microsoft – actually a job advertisement for the post of Senior Marketing Manager – Open Source Community. One of his jobs: to move free and open source away from free and open source GNU/Linux and to the clos

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Index - Public Software Foundation

The Public Software Foundation (PSF) is a community organization that was created to ensure that quality, Open Licensed software is available to borrow at public lending institutions.

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Flipping the Linux switch: Damn Small Linux - Not - Download Squad

One of the most well known, Damn Small Linux, has been around for quite some time. Over the years, the developers of Damn Small Linux (DSL), have masterfully kept that little distribution under 50 MB. This means several things: it is lightweight, and can

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There's no such thing as free software (And it's a good thing, too)

Free speech law does not construct a realm of human behavior free from state-backed ideology; it is a state-backed ideology. Free software is not free from "intellectual property" law; it rests squarely upon it. And, to borrow (steal shamelessly, actu

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What Sun's acquisition of MySQL means for the software industry | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET Blogs

Sun Microsystems has acquired MySQL for $1 billion in cash and options. That's now old news. The implications of the deal, however, have yet to be felt, but this deal means several key things for open source.

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What Benchmark's investment in Ruby on Rails support should tell us | The Open Road - The Business and Politics of Open Source by Matt Asay - CNET Blogs

It may mean that Benchmark knows something that the rest of the industry seems determined to ignore: services-based businesses may well be the future of the software industry.

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