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Comment Re:It's about free software (Score 1) 583

by zero-point-infinity on Saturday February 07, 2009 @04:35PM (#26766513) Attached to: Microsoft May Be Targeting the Ubuntu Desktop

Right now the situation is such that people are forced, whether at work or at home, to use software where you aren't allowed basic rights to the software you use: to use your software in any fashion, to modify it however you want, and to distribute it to whoever who want.

Of course, the Free Software movement's idea of basic rights covers developer rights that most users don't really care about and would happily waive. Getting proprietary software EULA-free is probably good enough for the average user (and even then there's probably enough people who don't realize that EULAs are a problem, thanks to not bothering to read any).

Comment Re:So, why should I care? (Score 2, Insightful) 158

by zero-point-infinity on Sunday February 01, 2009 @07:11PM (#26687877) Attached to: NetBSD 5.0 RC1 Released

OpenBSD sells CDs but you can freely get an image from their FTP servers to burn your own install CD. Giving people the option to pay you for your work (and throwing in extras with the paid option) hardly makes the work proprietary.

Comment Re:Anti-competitive my rear. (Score 1) 589

by zero-point-infinity on Saturday January 17, 2009 @08:07PM (#26501563) Attached to: MS Silverlight To Stream Obama Inauguration Events

Two fields of competition. The GP's post wasn't referring to competition between Silverlight and Flash. He was referring to Silverlight's effect on OS competition. That is, if Silverlight's relevance to the internet increases without the plugin getting ported, then it's bad for the ability of other OS's to be/become competitive choices.

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