A Patent Lie
Bill Gates wrote, “If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today’s ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today.” Mr....
View ArticleVenezuela launches sale of Bolivarian Computers powered by GNU/Linux
The Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez announced the launch of their "Bolivarian Computers" last week, consisting of four different models produced in Venezuela with Chinese technology. The...
View ArticleWal-Mart Ends Test of Linux in Stores
It seems although all the equipments were sold, computers with Linux just "...wasn't what our customers were looking for" said Melissa O'Brien, a spokeswoman from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.This is really sad...
View ArticleCompany selling computers preinstalled with gNewSense
"gNewSense DeltaH was released today, and we are pleased to offer preconfigured Workstations, Portable Systems, ThinkCentres, Laptops, and Servers, as well as fully customized Core 2 Duo, Athlon 64,...
View ArticleFree Geek Chicago needs your help!
"When FreeGeek/Chicago first opened in October, 2005, we hoped it would fill an important role in the Chicago nonprofit technology world [...] Today, FreeGeek finds itself in a challenging position...
View ArticleSoftware has a hard impact on the planet
"Speaking by phone from Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Richard Stallman, founder and president of the Free Software Foundation, told the Georgia Straight, “Proprietary software is an injustice, and our...
View ArticleAnother Gigantic Old Computer
Pictures and a link to a site with a few pages - hidden away - with pictures of those old time computers. The ones as big as a house :)
View ArticleYet Another Reason Why Old Computers Are Better
Remember back in the day when your computer wasn't obsolete or irreparably damaged by the time you got it home? ;)
View ArticleWant a cheap Linux computer? Join the Linux Foundation
The unfortunate experience that I have sometimes encountered when attempting to purchase a 'new' computer pre-installed with Linux, is that it can sometimes be more expensive than Windows
View ArticleWe Must Make Freedom Our Goal
The free software movement is one the most successful social movements to emerge in the past 25 years, driven by a worldwide community of ethical programmers dedicated to the cause of freedom and...
View ArticleOne reason why I use and develop free software
If the future is the information society, then software is the new "means of production", and free software offers the opportunity to regain for use by everyone without being controlled by a single...
View ArticleCriteria for Freedom Respecting Hardware Being Drafted
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that it has published an initial set of criteria for endorsing computers and other devices. The FSF seeks both to obtain feedback on the criteria, and...
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