Tag Archives: Free Software

The facebook problem

Posted on February 27, 2011 by alex

When a for-profit company gives you something for free, with little chance of ever charging, you have to ask, “who is the customer and what is the product?” Facebook has (reputedly) 500 million users, none of whom pay a penny … Continue reading →

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Miguel de Icaza – more foolishness?

Posted on August 6, 2008 by alex

A, sadly, unsurprising interview that I read at derStandard.at, but alerted from the Boycott Novell blog.  de Icaza has been lampooned in the past for his unpopular views on Microsoft, .net, and C#, but this interview really takes the biscuit.  … Continue reading →

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Lawyer gets it: the free ride is over (and never really existed)

Posted on June 5, 2008 by alex

I just read this article. To quote: Open source software had its origins in the free software movement. By now, most open source users understand that free refers to freedom, not to price. The new lesson is that the freedom … Continue reading →

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