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GeneralRe: Every Windows 10 and 11 feature Microsoft deprecated in 2023 Pin
obermd28-Dec-23 14:41
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GeneralRe: Every Windows 10 and 11 feature Microsoft deprecated in 2023 Pin
Kevin McFarlane29-Dec-23 4:23
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NewsLinux Foundation now spends only 2% of their revenue on Linux Pin
Kent Sharkey28-Dec-23 8:31
staffKent Sharkey28-Dec-23 8:31 
GeneralRe: Linux Foundation now spends only 2% of their revenue on Linux Pin
obermd29-Dec-23 4:01
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GeneralRe: Linux Foundation now spends only 2% of their revenue on Linux Pin
Richard Andrew x6431-Dec-23 14:19
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GeneralRe: Linux Foundation now spends only 2% of their revenue on Linux Pin
trønderen1-Jan-24 9:43
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GeneralRe: Linux Foundation now spends only 2% of their revenue on Linux Pin
Richard Andrew x641-Jan-24 11:26
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GeneralRe: Linux Foundation now spends only 2% of their revenue on Linux Pin
trønderen1-Jan-24 12:20
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The 'free speech' (or 'freedom') alternative is of minimal importance to the great majority of Linux users. The free beer is what counts. For the fifteen year old wannabe-coding-wizard it is obvious, but it goes for commercial software houses as well: Linux and Linux based tools is a way to reduce expenses, compared to the alternatives.

The 'as in free speech' alternative is essentially for ideological speeches made by the top heads in the FOSS movement. If the common user refers to it at all, it is mostly because he is a little ashamed of making use of the efforts of others without paying anything back, so he needs an 'idealistic' argument to feel a little better about it. Usually, it is rather difficult to have any decent explanation of the 'ideology' that goes beyond 'I can modify the OS kernel if I want to'. Well, that would (hopefully) be a joke, but even for the the beer floating around the OS kernel and further out, those who actually even consider modifying that software are few and far between.

I gladly admit that if I come to a party where the beer is free, I certainly drink it. Then I am talking about the real stuff.

Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.

NewsA new lock type in .NET 9 Pin
Kent Sharkey28-Dec-23 8:31
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GeneralRe: A new lock type in .NET 9 Pin
obermd28-Dec-23 11:57
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GeneralRe: A new lock type in .NET 9 Pin
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GeneralRe: A new lock type in .NET 9 Pin
obermd28-Dec-23 14:43
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NewsCan large language models detect sarcasm? Pin
Kent Sharkey28-Dec-23 8:16
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News4 billion if statements Pin
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GeneralRe: 4 billion if statements Pin
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JokeRe: 4 billion if statements Pin
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NewsGoogle agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode class action lawsuit Pin
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GeneralRe: Google agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode class action lawsuit Pin
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obermd1-Jan-24 14:53
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NewsThe next major shift in enterprise software engineering: from platforms to "platformless" Pin
Kent Sharkey27-Dec-23 8:16
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GeneralRe: The next major shift in enterprise software engineering: from platforms to "platformless" Pin
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GeneralRe: The next major shift in enterprise software engineering: from platforms to "platformless" Pin
obermd28-Dec-23 3:32
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NewsMicrosoft's Copilot AI assistant arrives on Android Pin
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