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Court rules against free Internet for
Dutch schools

Court rules against free Internet for
Dutch schools 11/13/2003 12:39 AM
Radio Netherlands Nov 13 2003 0:04AM ET

Software Monoculture in Schools?

Software Monoculture in Schools? 07/21/2004 06:23 PM

New software for camcorders, schools

New software for camcorders, schools 04/20/2004 10:15 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Apr 21 2004 2:40AM GMT

Schools to receive Microsoft software at
no cost

Schools to receive Microsoft software at
no cost 04/20/2004 01:48 AM
Scoop Apr 20 2004 5:54AM GMT

Becta does deal to save schools up to
37% on Microsoft software

Becta does deal to save schools up to
37% on Microsoft software 12/04/2003 10:49 AM
PublicTechnology.net Dec 4 2003 10:28AM ET

India's Upcoming Free Software, Free
Society Conference

India's Upcoming Free Software, Free
Society Conference 06/05/2005 11:10 PM
Free software advocates and IT delegates from around the world will be in Kerala, India, this week in the hopes of building free software collaborations for the future.

Barefoot Software Launch Australian
Swimsuit Edition-Free, a Free Mobile
Phone and Wireless Device Service for
Cardmate on Symbian Devices

Barefoot Software Launch Australian
Swimsuit Edition-Free, a Free Mobile
Phone and Wireless Device Service for
Cardmate on Symbian Devices 06/12/2004 02:48 AM
Barefoot Software Asia Limited (BSAL) is pleased to announce the launch Australian Swimsuit Edition-Free (ASE), via the Barefoot Software website (http://www.barefootsoft.com) for immediate download. ASE is a Cardmate application for mobile phones which is being launched for Free as a promotional application to end users who have a Symbian based mobile phone. ASE, the first Australian swimsuit model application for Smartphone devices in the World can initially be downloaded by users who have a Nokia (6600/3650/7650), Sony Ericsson P800/P900 and other compatible phones from the barefoot Web site. [PRWEB Jun 12, 2004]

Lucid Data Corporation Unveils
Peer-Coaching and Performance Assessment
Software for K-12 Schools

Lucid Data Corporation Unveils
Peer-Coaching and Performance Assessment
Software for K-12 Schools 06/16/2004 03:48 AM
Lucid will introduce and demonstrate FrameWorks™ at The National Education Computing Conference (NECC) in New Orleans next week. FrameWorks gives school districts an easy to use peer-coaching and performance assessment system that has traditionally been paper-based. With FrameWorks, staff members and their coaches are able to complete district created assessment and coaching forms from any Web-enabled computer. [PRWEB Jun 16, 2004]

Celerus Networks® Unveils All-In-One
Wi-Fi Management Software Suite in a
Free Software License Package – Offer
Makes Wi-Fi More Affordable than Ever

Celerus Networks® Unveils All-In-One
Wi-Fi Management Software Suite in a
Free Software License Package – Offer
Makes Wi-Fi More Affordable than Ever 06/22/2005 02:31 AM
Celerus Networks ships its feature-rich Wi-Fi management software suite with a no-cost software license delivering unprecedented savings to network builders & managers. The wireless management package offers unsurpassed affordability coupled with comprehensive support services. [PRWEB Jun 20, 2005]

Mobilization of Software Developers: The
Free Software Movement

Mobilization of Software Developers: The
Free Software Movement 06/17/2004 05:32 AM
Mobilization of Software Developers: The Free Software Movement by Margret S. Elliott and Walter Scacchi
http://ope nsource.mit.edu/papers/elliottscacchi2.pdf

Abstract by Author:
Free/open source software (F/OSS) development projects are growing at a rapid rate. Globally dispersed virtual communities with large groups of software developers contribute time and effort often without pay. One force behind this phenomenon is the Free Software Movement (FSM), a 20 year-old social movement whose purpose is to promote the use of free software instead of proprietary software. We show how the ideology of the FSM influences software development work practices in F/OSS communities and how an occupational community of F/OSS developers has emerged from this movement. We present results from an empirical study of a F/OSS development community, GNUenterprise (GNUe) whose purpose is to build an Enterprise Resource Planning system. We show how the beliefs in freedom and freedom of choice, and the values of cooperative work and community building are manifested in the GNUe norms of informal self-management, immediate acceptance of fellow contributors, and open disclosure.

PHP: Free Software on Free Tools

PHP: Free Software on Free Tools 05/17/2004 10:25 AM

Open Source: Open Source Scripting Made Easy: This is an article about PHP scripting tools that makes an important point:

Commercial scripting languages have drawn success from powerful and widely used development tools: ASP has Visual Studio, ColdFusion has Macromedia's Dreamweaver, and JSP has a variety of tools from commercial sources such as Borland and open source projects such as Eclipse and NetBeans. PHP's enormous success, however, is not tied to specific tools.

Some friends of mine have been working with Microsoft's .Net platform. They tell me it's amazing ("fan-friggin'-tastic," one of them called it). This is great, but I guess I don't like anything where the barrier to entry is so high — first you have to have a Windows server, then you have to have the Windows dev environment.

I code PHP in EditPlus, which cost me all of $30, and that was an optional purchase because there are so many other free alternatives. Maybe I'm just a snob. Via PHP|Architect.

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Spider Strategies Launches New Business
School Partnership Program -
Participating Business Schools to
Receive Free Copy of Scoreboard®

Spider Strategies Launches New Business
School Partnership Program -
Participating Business Schools to
Receive Free Copy of Scoreboard® 04/06/2005 02:38 AM
Spider Strategies®, Inc., announced today it is providing participating universities and business schools a free copy of its Balanced Scorecard software - Scoreboard® - for use in both classrooms and external learning environments. [PRWEB Apr 6, 2005]

Disney soundtracks available exclusively
on iTMS

Disney soundtracks available exclusively
on iTMS 04/21/2004 02:20 PM
Apple today announced that the catalog of Walt Disney Records, including soundtracks from Disney's classic animated films and Disney/Pixar's computer-animated films, is now available exclusively on the iTunes Music Store (iTMS) through September 30, 2004...

• Rise of the Kasai Exclusively for
PlayStation 2, Delivers In

• Rise of the Kasai Exclusively for
PlayStation 2, Delivers In 04/06/2005 06:42 AM
Newshub.com - Wed Apr 6, 06:29 am GMT

Paul McCartney to have track exclusively
on ITMS

Paul McCartney to have track exclusively
on ITMS 01/06/2005 09:28 AM
Paul McCartney, Queen, David A Stewart, Jimmy Cliff and Sting are offering four EP tracks exclusively on iTunes...

Blackberrystuff.com Launched: The first
online store exclusively for BlackBerry
accessories

Blackberrystuff.com Launched: The first
online store exclusively for BlackBerry
accessories 05/31/2004 02:13 PM
Users of BlackBerry PDAs can now buy original, custom-made, reasonably priced accessories from an online store exclusively for BlackBerry patrons. [PRWEB May 22, 2004]

Chinese company filming TV drama to be
shown exclusively on cellphones

Chinese company filming TV drama to be
shown exclusively on cellphones 03/26/2005 01:01 PM
Canadian Press Mar 26 2005 5:06PM GMT

Rise of the Kasai(TM) Exclusively for
PlayStation(R)2, Delivers Innovative
Tandem-Based Fighting, St

Rise of the Kasai(TM) Exclusively for
PlayStation(R)2, Delivers Innovative
Tandem-Based Fighting, St 04/07/2005 07:43 AM
Biz.yahoo.com - Tue Apr 5, 12:08 pm GMT

Listen early to Bjork's new album,
Medulla (each song is composed
exclusively with human voice)

Listen early to Bjork's new album,
Medulla (each song is composed
exclusively with human voice) 08/21/2004 07:11 AM
here

buzztone.atlanticrecords.com/bjork_medulla/buzz.asp
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Meteor Rockstar Makes Customers
Celebrities AirG Powers First Ever Game
Launch Exclusively for ‘The Meteors’

Meteor Rockstar Makes Customers
Celebrities AirG Powers First Ever Game
Launch Exclusively for ‘The Meteors’ 03/14/2005 05:55 PM
Meteor Mobile Communications, Ireland’s fastest growing mobile operator, and AirG, the leading global publisher of mobile games announce the launch of a new mobile game for Ireland’s most exciting music event of the year, the Meteor Ireland Music Awards 2005. [PRWEB Feb 16, 2005]

Apple Software: The End Of Free

Apple Software: The End Of Free 01/11/2004 09:23 PM
I am not going to suggest that Apple reverse its path... On the other hand, I do want to see Apple set as low a price point for its stuff as possible. By Gene Steinberg (Mac Night Owl via MyAppleMenu)

You don't have to use free software
until you're ready

You don't have to use free software
until you're ready 08/02/2004 08:24 AM
One thing I try to drive home when speaking or giving an interview about Linux and open source software is the concept that, unlike commercial software, open source doesn't need more people to use it. You can take your time and use what you want when you want.

Not just free software under threat

Not just free software under threat 06/01/2004 10:32 AM
Letter Richard Stallman writes

Unmaintained Free Software

Unmaintained Free Software 04/07/2005 05:18 AM
New Wiki

help the British think about free
software?

help the British think about free
software? 09/03/2004 09:26 PM
The UK Parliamentary Office on Science and Technology is preparing a POST note on 'Open Source'. (No, I didn't know what a POST note is exactly either, but check it out here.) The author is looking for helpful comments. I've created a temporary email address for David Berry. You can send him comments at that address for a week.

UN drive to boost free software

UN drive to boost free software 08/28/2004 02:20 AM
The UN is holding events across Asia to encourage the region to adopt free and open source software.

Free Software As Nigerian Scam

Free Software As Nigerian Scam 11/04/2003 11:40 PM

Free Software Foundation meeting this
Sat at MIT

Free Software Foundation meeting this
Sat at MIT 03/23/2005 02:53 AM
Cory Doctorow:  John sez, "but the Free Software Foundation associate membership meeting is this coming Saturday, March 26, at MIT's Stata Center in Cambridge, MA. The meeting will feature a solid day of presentations from Lawrence Lessig, Eben Moglen, Richard Stallman, and other free software luminaries. The members get a chance to hang out, eat good food, maybe even sign some GPG keys. We said the RSVP deadline was March 18th, but we'll still take 'em if people want to sign up as a member and then RSVP." Link (Thanks, John!)

Free software and Open Source

Free software and Open Source 04/10/2005 07:12 AM
Free software and Open Source: The freedom Debate and Its Consequences By Mathias Klang
ht tp://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/klang/index.html

Abstract:
To most outsiders the ethics of software is not something usually considered. To most proficient computer users with a passing interest in this question the ethics of software is recognised as one of the fundamental questions in the digital rights area. To most of the latter, terms such as free software, open source, and their derivatives (FLOSS, FOSS, Software Freedom) are interchangeable. Choosing one over the other is a matter of taste rather than politics. However, to most insiders the
question is not one of taste. There is a fundamental difference between the two areas even if they share a similar root. Free software is not the same as open source. The two groups differ in their fundamental philosophical approach to software and its importance to society as a whole. This paper examines the two groups’ differing philosophies and explores how their actions have affected software development, access to fundamental software infrastructure, and the development of the concept of freedom.

The New Standard for Web Development:
Free Software

The New Standard for Web Development:
Free Software 08/05/2002 10:43 PM
LinuxPlanet Aug 5 2002 8:46PM ET

Help introduce charities to free
software

Help introduce charities to free
software 12/20/2003 03:56 AM
When I recently searched for organisations that were trying to help introduce charities to free software, and I found practically no information. I find this particularly surprising, as charities are, in many ways, the most worthy organisations to use free software. If you can go to a charity and propose a solution that is more stable and secure, free from vendor lock-in, and free to use and maintain, you can help the organization plough the savings into the work it is there to do.

Free Software Group Not Well With Mono

Free Software Group Not Well With Mono 06/02/2004 08:45 AM
Open source .NET implementations are at odds with one another.

"CleanSoftware.org - Free software, no
nasties!"

"CleanSoftware.org - Free software, no
nasties!" 12/29/2004 03:31 AM

Replacing FileMaker with Free Software?

Replacing FileMaker with Free Software? 08/31/2004 01:44 PM

There's No Such Thing as a Free
(Software) Lunch.

There's No Such Thing as a Free
(Software) Lunch. 06/18/2004 08:36 PM
Jay Michaelson: There's No Such Thing as a Free (Software) Lunch. This is perhaps the only article I've seen that so clearly distinguishes between freedom for software and freedom for programmers. Software isn't alive; why should it have freedom?

Free Computer Art Software for Kids

Free Computer Art Software for Kids 03/25/2005 01:20 AM
About Mar 25 2005 4:50AM GMT

Free software Java platforms

Free software Java platforms 01/14/2003 02:28 PM

Richard Stallman is interested whether XSLT-process, my XSLT processor and debugger Emacs interface for the Saxon and Xalan XSLT processors runs on top of a free software JDK.

As far as I know Kaffe is one such free-software implementation of a Java virtual machine. There are many other implementations listed at Kaffe's Web site.

Does anybody have any experience with any of these in a real project? How much of the JVM functionality and the associated class libraries in JDK 1.3 are implemented? Can one run an XML parser and an XSLT processor like Saxon or Xalan on top of them?

What is open source and what is free
software?

What is open source and what is free
software? 03/06/2004 01:59 AM
Whenever I mention open source software, or the Linux operating system, I can be sure of getting lots of "interesting" mail in my inbox. There's a good bit of confusion about open source software among members of the general public, journalists of the general press and even among those of us who should know better.

CleanSoftware.org - Free software, no
nasties!

CleanSoftware.org - Free software, no
nasties! 12/28/2004 01:17 PM
Clean Software .. CleanSoftware .. software

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Free Agent: Freedom Is Coming to a
Windows Box Near You (PC World)

Free Agent: Freedom Is Coming to a
Windows Box Near You (PC World) 06/25/2004 03:43 AM
PC World - Who said that Free Software is just for Linux users?

"Atrios discovers that freedom of the
press also means "freedom to censor.""

"Atrios discovers that freedom of the
press also means "freedom to censor."" 05/01/2004 09:27 PM

Today's Specials: Freedom Fries and
Freedom Toast

Today's Specials: Freedom Fries and
Freedom Toast 03/13/2003 10:24 AM
Today's New York Times reports that Congressman Bob Ney (R-Ohio) ordered the cafeterias in the House of Representative to remove the word "French" from all menus. Now being served: Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast. Seriously.
Link Discuss

Freedom of Music Choice :: Freedom of
choice is what you want!

Freedom of Music Choice :: Freedom of
choice is what you want! 08/17/2004 11:14 AM
Apparently, the freedom to choose whose DRM to use is what you want! .. Freedom of Music Choice .. blog

freedomofmusicchoice.org
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.Mac the "Key to Freedom"

.Mac the "Key to Freedom" 01/22/2004 02:12 AM
The MacDevCenter has just posted a excellent article on .Mac and how even power users can find it of great use. Author de Kermadec points out that though .Mac may seem to have limitations, those limitations allow users to "rely on simpler, more straightforward solutions that, in the long run, let me be more creative and productive that ever before."

Let's Try Freedom

Let's Try Freedom 12/25/2004 05:00 PM
Let’s Try Freedom .. Robert Hayes

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EFF Freedom Party

EFF Freedom Party 08/04/2004 08:13 PM

Paul Boutin writes.....

EFF's Freedom Fest '04 this afternoon, 5-8pm at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. I have to work. You (hopefully) don't. Austin Willacy and others rock the lawn.

[Paul Boutin]
======

Marc's note.....

One of the great things about living in SF - is that I can go to these shindigs.

I'll be there cele brating our victory today!

The Freedom Project

The Freedom Project 07/07/2004 06:27 AM
Let's rock

Do you care about your Freedom?

Do you care about your Freedom? 04/07/2005 12:59 PM

We have been living with the Patriot Act for a while now, brought on by the events of Sept 11th. Congress is having a look at it and deciding if it needs to be modified or renewed in it's current format.

Freedom in this country has been fought hard for and a lot of blood shed to maintain that freedom but the Patriot Act continues to worry a lot of Americans. Cnet has a great piece that you all should read. [Cnet]

"Capitalism and Freedom"

"Capitalism and Freedom" 06/05/2004 04:19 AM

A beacon of freedom?

A beacon of freedom? 08/09/2004 02:52 PM

Blogging Is for Fun and Freedom

Blogging Is for Fun and Freedom 08/06/2004 01:00 PM
great results from a survey of spanish bloggers

A blow for freedom

A blow for freedom 07/06/2004 10:05 AM
The supreme court ruling that Guant?namo Bay prisoners can challenge their detention in the US is something that renews hope that America is not going down the drain. Slowly everyone understands the madness this administration wanted to drag us all in.

Will Freedom Ring?

Will Freedom Ring? 06/25/2004 02:13 PM

Dahlia Lithwick (Slate): A Supreme Court Dialogue. I don't think it's possible to overstate the importance of these decisions, yet I fear the public still somehow believes they just have to do with some guys "out there," a handful of terrorists down at Gitmo and some bad men in Navy brigs. The photos accompanying these stories on the front pages will all be of alleged terrorists, even though these cases are really all about the president. The truth is, those alleged terrorists may, at most, win the right to a hearing someday, in which they will probably be deemed bad guys again and locked up anyhow. These cases have everything to do with the scope of executive power and secrecy in wartime (and outside of wartime if you throw in the Cheney energy task force case). Padilla's a footnote.

Cellphone or freedom?

Cellphone or freedom? 01/22/2004 02:12 AM
Buying prostitutes. Nicholas Kristof (of the NY Times; reg. req.) bought the freedom of two young Cambodian prostitutes in order to return them to their villages... but it wasn't as simple as you might think. It's easy to be cynical (yes, he's using it as grist for columns; yes, it's a drop in the bucket), but isn't it better than doing nothing? Anyway, it's a fascinatingly messy story. (He discusses why he picked these particular girls, and addresses some of the moral issues, her e—scroll down to January 20.)

Where U.S. Translates as Freedom

Where U.S. Translates as Freedom 12/29/2003 08:30 AM
notes his own concerns .. Thomas Friedman

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Juneteenth: It's all about freedom

Juneteenth: It's all about freedom 06/19/2004 07:31 AM
June 19 -- long known in Texas simply as Juneteenth -- is a unique state holiday. It's the anniversary of the day in 1865 when General Gordon Granger landed in Galveston, Texas, and read aloud the Emancipation Proclamation, two and a half years after it should have taken effect. Although General Lee had surrendered a couple of months earlier, there were simply not enough Union troops present prior to General Granger's arrival to enforce the proclamation.

CNN.com - Freedom of what? - Jan 31,
2005

CNN.com - Freedom of what? - Jan 31,
2005 02/01/2005 09:10 PM
discusses a study of high-school students .. High school kids are stupid .. CNN: Freedom of what? .. the First Amendment .. AP story .. Quote:

cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/01/31/students.amendment.ap/index.html
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"Freedom to Connect"

"Freedom to Connect" 03/30/2005 09:20 PM

EFF Freedom Fest, Aug 4, 5-8PM

EFF Freedom Fest, Aug 4, 5-8PM 07/16/2004 05:17 AM
EFF's Freedom Fest is coming up in San Francisco -- great music, great signs!

Wednesdsay, August 4, 5-8pm
Yerba Buena Gardens

Austin Willacy
Josh Fix and the Furious Force
Josh Fix
The Megan Slankard Band

Link (via Vertical Hold)

Freedom to Connect

Freedom to Connect 03/31/2005 12:26 AM
The Freedom to Connect conference has a live audio feed. Don't miss The Great Debate, Thursday morning at 9.

Three degrees to freedom

Three degrees to freedom 08/22/2004 09:15 PM
Here's the formal relationship: My wife's cousin knows the mother of Micah Garen, the American journalist who was being held hostage in Iraq until a couple of hours ago. Here's the same situation, this time expressed truthfully. My wife and her cousin are very close. They are the same age, grew up together, and live within a couple of miles. You know how it can be with cousins: they are the closest relatives we're allowed to dislike, but they can also be a friend so close that you share DNA. This weekend we're together here on Martha's Vineyard along with...

[f2c] Freedom to Connect

[f2c] Freedom to Connect 03/30/2005 11:34 AM
[f2c] Freedom to Connect I'm at a Freedom to Connect, David Isenberg's conference on why network connections are important and how we can get more of them. It's a fantastic list of attendees. David opens by arguing that freedom to connect is a political issue. The Democrats don't like it because they're in the pockets of Hollywood. The Republicans don't like it because they're in the pockets of the incumbent telcos. We need to get political, he says. IRC here. Audio stream here. (By the way, Isenberg broke the "fuck" barrier eleven minutes into the conference.) [Technorati tag: f2c]...

Views of Freedom

Views of Freedom 05/17/2004 12:13 AM
The recent relea se of MT3.0 has provoked a whole lot of smart commentary around the net over the past few days: for example see Simon Phipps (here and here) and Alan Bleaklow. But the one that hit me hardest is Mark Pilgrim’s Freedom 0. This piece has been criticized (correctly) as disconnected from the way consumer software works (summary: users pay for features). And indeed, Mark doesn’t think about this the way a consumer would: how many of them run eleven sites? Instead, he thinks about this like a CIO does . “Freedom 0” is all about predictability and risk reduction; CIO territory, big-time. Mark carries the argument to extremes because that’s the kind of writer he is, but it’s an argument everyone in the software business should be thinking about.

Freedom 0+1ℹ

Freedom 0+1ℹ 05/16/2004 01:39 PM
Matt Croydon: I'm still using Radio on this blog, mostly because the thought of cleaning up and converting 3000 some entries scares me. Matt, you really need to face your fears.  There is absolutely no data lock-in in Radio UserLand.  This is all you you need to migrate to Blosxom.  I'd recommend that you do the migration just to convince yourself that it can be done, and then go back to using whatever software you are most comfortable with. It is not about the code, it is about the...

Freedom 0+1ⅈ

Freedom 0+1ⅈ 05/16/2004 03:14 PM
Matt Croydon: I'm still using Radio on this blog, mostly because the thought of cleaning up and converting 3000 some entries scares me. Matt, you really need to face your fears.  There is absolutely no data lock-in in Radio UserLand.  This is all you you need to migrate to Blosxom.  I'd recommend that you do the migration just to convince yourself that it can be done, and then go back to using whatever software you are most comfortable with. It is not just about the code...

Freedom Fries

Freedom Fries 03/11/2003 02:00 PM
A friend at work sent me a link to this Y! News story about changing "french fries" to "freedom fries" at the cafeteria that feeds our nation's pigs representatives. Oh, please. Don't these idiots have anything better to waste their time and my money on? Like the thousands of homeless people? Or the old people who can't afford medicine. Or the kids who aren't learning a damned thing in school. Or... anything else?!?! Who elected these retards? They sure as...

Freedom fries?

Freedom fries? 03/12/2003 09:24 AM
CNN.com - House cafeterias change names for ‘french fries’ and ‘french toast’ - Mar. 12, 2003 The cafeteria menus in the three House office buildings changed the name of “french fries” to “freedom fries,” in a culinary rebuke of France...

"ONLINE FREEDOM OF SPEECH ACT,"

"ONLINE FREEDOM OF SPEECH ACT," 04/15/2005 03:43 PM

Saddam-style "freedom"

Saddam-style "freedom" 10/28/2003 11:07 PM
new wave .. Up to 40 .. pattern .. :

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Why schools should use exclusively free software

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