Linked by Sean Cohen on Tue 13th Apr 2004 06:52 UTC
GNU, GPL, Open Source Today I'm going to talk about why software - any software, all software - actually matters, what the different types of software are, and why you should care about its properties (no matter who you are, or what you do).
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It's not about open source
by picz on Tue 13th Apr 2004 09:13 UTC

>for some people who think open source is 'evil' and closed
>source is 'the way of life'.

The title of the article is wrong. Open source is nice, but it is not the closed source that is the main problem.

Closed standards are the problem. Not knowing how the data is saved, and not being able to find out, should not be accepted by any organisation.

Free Software matters, but Free and Open Standards matter more.

/regards
picz