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radiorahim
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posted 27 May 2005 10:44 PM      Profile for radiorahim     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Free Software Foundation lawyer Eben Moglen:

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"We are responding to a lengthy, but temporary period during which software was a proprietary, closed science..." Moglen told the audience. "The consequences of that process produced bad software at high prices. We are reversing that situation. What we do is help people think well and share."

Internet News.com article


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Cougyr
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posted 27 May 2005 11:58 PM      Profile for Cougyr     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Boy, that's one lousy web site. Some programmer needs some serious training. Sorry, I couldn't get access to that article.
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radiorahim
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posted 28 May 2005 12:03 AM      Profile for radiorahim     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Yeah I'll admit its a pretty "busy" site...lots of "flash" type crap but didn't have a problem bringing it up with Firefox on Xandros 3.
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