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  seandodson 4:44 pm on March 12, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: computing, free beer, free software, gimp, goo-oo, guardian technology ( 2 ), microsoft ( 2 ), open source ( 4 ), open source analysis, openoffice, recession ( 5 ), richard stallman, software, technology ( 38 )   

  Why the recession means boom time for free software 

  Forgive the self-linkage, but I want to direct you to my recent feature in this week’s Guardian Technology supplement. It examines the recent growth of free software around the world and wonders if the recession is the main reasons for its surge in popularity:

  “Richard Stallman once wrote that the point about free software is it is “free as in freedom, not free as in beer”, meaning that people should be at liberty to do as they pleased with software, rather than subscribe to its restrictive licences. As the recession takes hold, the stress may be on the second half of his now-famous aphorism. To the millions downloading free software in a recession, the point is that it is free – as in free beer.”

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    عبد الله المصري 11:06 pm on June 28, 2010 Permalink | Reply

    Thanks for this post, it’s useful for me
    i hope i see more free software like this
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    pedagangit – linktrackr

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    mywalletmarketcom 5:05 pm on April 6, 2011 Permalink | Reply

    I am using the world’s best online TV viewing software. Spend a lot of time at the computer. For this reason than to watch tv on pc software is required. Thousands of HD channels, TV shows, series, movies all in one software. I searched and really did a very good choice. Don’t pay cable television fees for one year. You still pay them at once and watch tv free from your computer. Once you get use to life.

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  seandodson 12:34 pm on February 28, 2008 Permalink | Reply
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  The next stop should be Helsinki 

  
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  Originally uploaded by f_stop_start

  Following and earlier post on this site, The Guardian has today published a more in-depth look at at how real-time passenger information and positioning technology are combining to improve public transport in both London and Helsinki.

  London is implementing a system similar to Helsinki, although it is not sharing the real-time passenger information with its customers. I conclude: “What most bus passengers want is a system that shares real-time information with them. Not just at the bus stop, but on our phones, iPods, laptops and websites. They don’t want to go to the bus stop to find they have to wait 15 minutes – they want to find out how far away the bus is before they step outside. Now the controllers know where the bus is, soon the passengers will want to know too. How long will they have to wait?”