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Comment Re:Not a whine, just an observation (Score 1) 193

by mchanaud on Wednesday March 19, 2008 @05:18AM (#22793176) Attached to: New BigDog Robot Video

The only practical applications of this technology are Aibo-like robotic pets, alpine rescue/relief assistants (like St. Bernards of old), and military weaponry.
You forget the most practical application of this technology : trumpet playing robots

Submission + - The impact of pirated software on free software (tlug.jp)

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jmglov

on Wednesday August 15, 2007 @08:55AM

jmglov writes: "Dave Gutteridge has an interesting take on why people are not interested in saving money by using a free-as-in-beer OS like Linux or *BSD: because Windows is free. At least, that is an all-too-common perception, thanks to bundling and piracy. Bundling is a well-known problem to the adoption of Open Source operating systems, so Dave takes a look at the piracy issue in depth. His title may offend you, but his well-written article will most likely get you thinking hard about the question, "how much *does* Windows cost?"."

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