Recently, I discovered that Apple makes Supertux available on the website as a free download. That’s pretty cool. Problem is that they say the license is “Freeware” instead of “Free […]
I just came across popular Linux game, Supertux, on Apple’s Games download page. The annoying thing? The license says that it’s “Freeware” when it’s not. Supertux is licensed under the […]
I missed this previously, but Munich has finally switched over to exclusive use of ODF for documents, and PDF for non-editable documents. The city administration’s standard desktops now consist of […]
Google has created an opt-in beta program for anyone wanting to test YouTube with the HTML5 tag rather than using Flash. There are a few caveats however, with the number […]
Yep, the Kiwis beat us at everything these days and now those sensible chaps in Government begin trials of Linux and free software. In 2003, the NZ government recommended use […]
It has just been revealed that the Australian Government spends “over half a billion dollars each year” on proprietary software licenses. That’s somewhere over $500,000,000. The Greens are heading a […]
While I’m still up, I might as well tell you about my latest article, “Proprietary Software and Linux: Good, Bad or Somewhere in Between?”. This comes on the heels of […]
During a speech at the University of Washington in 1998, Bill Gates said: “About 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but people don’t pay for the software. […]