Wed, 03 Mar 2004
Great Article on Closed Computing and Future Consequences
Many of my friends and family know that I am a big fan of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS). Many of them look at me as if I've stumbled out of the forest after 40 days of who-knows-what, wearing a tattered loain cloth with bits of locust and wild honey clinging to a bedraggled beard. Some of them will ask me “Why?”, and I do my best to explain the many benefits of FOSS, but by that time most people have that glazed-over look in their eyes, which concludes the discussion.
This article by Doug Dingus does a great job in taking something that most people are familiar with (cellular phone companies and calling plans), and relates it to the dangers of a closed computing. Read it - it's good stuff!
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