On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Pappu wrote:
All other factors being same (free software may be in a worse state
in some cases) Freedom IS the ONLY advantage that can get free software
any where, in a any kind of market (rich or poor).
When we talk of freedom, we primarily mean the freedom to
Seems that the financial power of the Proprietary Software industry to
undercut Free Software in a long battle, when it (the PS industry) is
sufficiently threatened, has not been appreciated.
The *single* largest proprietary software company's market
capitalization is larger than many
On Thursday, 11 April 2002 13:16:54 +0530, Ranjit Babu wrote:
When we talk of freedom, we primarily mean the freedom to modify code and
use it without being policed.
There are four freedoms that has to be available, to make a software
free software.
1) the freedom to use the software
When I first started out with GNU software, I didn't know any programming, I
didn't have a clue about freedom (except what my 9th Standard History and
Civics book told me). I just wanted to try out something new. As I kept
exploring the world of the GNU and GNU inspired, I realized the vast
From another perspective, wouldn't the very nature of *free software*
(being open in design and 'free' in replicability) result in the
pulling
down of costs?
I am not sure how this will happen. Could you please explain?
The way software companies (and many other knowledge-centric
On Thursday, 11 April 2002 16:26:49 +0530, VaRuN SiNhA wrote:
an upgrade to make my system work better with Linux.
What about the rest of the OS?
Let us suppose, we harp about FS as free beer. Get people attracted to it
because of it's low or zero cost.
No. Proprietary software can do
If memory serves me right, VaRuN SiNhA wrote:
When I first started out with GNU software, I didn't know any programming, I
didn't have a clue about freedom (except what my 9th Standard History and
Civics book told me). I just wanted to try out something new.
Same here , I got my first Linux
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Software Writers Patently Enraged (Politics 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51689,00.html/wn_ascii
A new claim over patent infringement creates an uproar among software
developers, who believe the
Very cogent arguments from both sides of the fence, so let me also put
in my 2-penny worth.
To summarise, Fred argues that in India (and many other countries) the
cost aspect of free software is the most important criterion for using
it.
Pappu (and other free software advocates on this list)
