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Mitchell Bogues writes:
Richard Stallman recently gave talk titled "The
Free Software Movement and GNU/Linux Operating System". RMS fielded a number of interesting questions relevant to the future of the free software movement including, "Do you support the Creative Commons license?" and "Can I use ATI and NVIDIA drivers because Mesa isn't nearly as complete?". Can we expect Linux ever to see main stream adoption with these persistent driver and licensing issues still hanging around?
176617
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Mitchell Bogues writes:
The great celebrities of the computing world are generally divided into two distinct camps — the perpetual Newsmakers, and the perennial Characters. Whereas the Newsmakers (Gates, ESR, etc.) are always bowling us over with new ideas or products, the Characters are so entrenched in their own personalities and personality cults that they can seem... immutable.
In a recent talk to the University of California, Richard Stallman, geekdom's most prominent Character, announced to everyone's surprise a dramatic change of vision both for the Free Software Movement and for GNU — taking them nearly full circle to the ideals of, say, GPLv2. Although it's clear that this new direction will cost the Movement a good many followers, it is difficult not to admire Stallman's strength of personality to admit he was wrong. No wonder Microsoft is afraid of him.
117329
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Mitchell Bogues writes:
Economic 'enfant terrible' Larry Smith recently presented a radical new take on software startups in an increasingly globalized economy. A video recording from the conference can be found here. A must-watch for anyone serious about 21st-century business.
117323
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Mitchell Bogues writes:
Economic enfant terrible Larry Smith recently presented a radical new take on software startups in an increasingly globalized economy. A video recording from the conference can be found here. A must-watch for anyone serious about 21st-century business.
117307
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bobdole3k writes:
Economist Larry Smith discusses how
to create a successful software startup company. He notes that many
young coders have the technical knowledge to create a product but lack the
skills necessary to market their product and manage a software company.
Smith gives specific examples of startups from the University of Waterloo (with
names redacted) that have been successful and others that have been
unsuccessful.
115917
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115573
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70sstar writes
"A 1-1/2 hour recording of Bill Gates addressing a crowd of university students in 1989 was recently found and digitized, and has been circulating in some IRC channels for the past few weeks. The speech has found a permanent home on the web page of the University of Waterloo CS Club, where the talk is reported to have taken place. Gates covers the past, present, and future of computing as of 1989. While the former two might be of interest to tech historians, the real fascination is Gates's prediction of computing yet to come. Like the now-legendary '640k' remark, some of his comments are almost laughably off-target ('OS/2 is the way of the future!'). And yet, by and large, he had accurately, chillingly, prophesied an entire decade or two of software and hardware development. All in all, a fascinating talk from one of the most powerful speakers in CS and IT."
114677
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Mitchell Bogues writes:
A 1-1/2 -hour recording of Bill Gates addressing a crowd of university students in the late '80s was recently found and digitised, and has been circulating the IRC channels for the past few weeks. While no one really seems to know exactly where the talk took place or who first put it online, the speech seems to have found a permanent home on the web page of the University of Waterloo CS Club.
The talk itself covers the past, present, and future of computing as of 1989. While the former two can be interesting to the high-tech historian, the real star is Bill Gates' prediction of computing yet to come. Like his legendary '640k' line, some of Gates' remarks are almost laughably off-mark ('OS/2 is the way of the future,' for one); and yet, by and large, he seems to have accurately prophesied an entire decade or two of soft- and hardware development. All in all, a fascinating talk from, it seems, one of the most powerful speakers in CS and IT.
