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[News] Freedom Understood Better by Developers, Not 'Consumers'

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Why I choose copyleft for my projects

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| The four freedoms together and giving them to users of the software were 
| paramount. I should acknowledge here that Terry did not say this was the sole 
| or main reason copyleft was chosen. When I made my decision I particularly 
| considered those who would deploy the software because that’s the place in 
| which I so often find myself. Both my projects are web-based so the web 
| administrator is the target user. So I guess my decision was made on giving 
| those four freedoms in largely that order of importance and to the web 
| administrators.       
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/why_i_choose_copyleft_for_my_projects

Selling Freedomware: It's about what THEY want.

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| Throw it in as a "bonus you can't say no to": "By the way, this software is 
| yours now, you can share it, hire someone to make it better and use it 
| without intrusion, which is thanks to this avantguarde philosophy spearheaded 
| by the Free Software Foundation."   
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http://www.nuxified.org/blog/selling_freedomware_its_about_what_they_want


Recent:

Guess What? Fox News is Responsive to the Linux Community.

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| Mr. Denis also stated that most of the Fox News developers use Ubuntu.
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http://blog.eracc.com/2008/04/28/guess-what-fox-news-is-responsive-to-the-linux-community/


Vista's big problem: 92 percent of developers ignoring it

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| Such appreciation for history is not likely to warm the cockles of
| Microsoft's heart, especially when Linux is getting lots of love from
| developers (13 percent writing apps for it this year and 15.5 percent in
| 2009).
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-9969231-16.html


Coders Tell Why They're Avoiding Vista

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| Microsoft Corp. undoubtedly wanted to avoid its current predicament. It has
| been publicly talking up features in Vista since 2003 -- half a decade.
|
| But such "overmarketing," as Krasowski calls it, can rebound. Experienced
| developers have become jaded towards the third-party apps Microsoft trots out
| as exemplars of Redmond's latest technology -- "demoware," he calls them --
| that sparkle with flashy animation and video.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146035/coders_tell_why_theyre_avoiding_vista.html
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