Posted on March 21, 2007 by JOMYR ALIPIO
FOSS bill
September 11th, 2006I read through the draft FOSS bill that Chin Wong provided and I have to say that while it was not exactly what I expected, it is a good start.
I was very hopeful on the FOSS bill (as I wrote here) and I had a couple of expectations:
1. It should recognize [...]
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Posted on March 21, 2007 by JOMYR ALIPIO
Linus Benedict Torvalds (pronunciation (help·info); born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. He now acts as the project’s coordinator.
Linus was inspired by Minix (an operating system developed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum) to develop a capable Unix-like operating system that could [...]
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Posted on March 21, 2007 by JOMYR ALIPIO
Linux is an open-source operating system that is generally available for free and can be used to run most computers, including Dell’s PCs.However, Dell does not break out how much it charges for Windows when it calculates the cost of a computer system.
The only operating system that Dell currently offers on its PCs is Microsoft’s [...]
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Posted on March 21, 2007 by JOMYR ALIPIO
Well, LINUX is a very big threat for Microsoft, in my own opinion based on my experiences… After experiencing the “real power” of linux, that big company (?), hmmmm… (na ngayon napakaliit na ng tingin ko…) will surely pay for what they did, sooner or later! (monopoly). This is the reality… The truth behind the [...]
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