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12-14-2006, 02:00 AM
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The Free/Open Source Software Act of 2006 (aka FOSS Bill) filed by Teodoro Casino (Bayan Muna) promotes open source, and that is beneficial to the government and eventually to Filipinos in general. The benefits of FOSS are quite well known, and if the govefrnment uses it, it will save millions in licensing fees, upgrade costs, and maintenance. Here's a link tot he text of the FOSS Bill (HB 5769) http://www.bayanmuna.net/?p=398 The current software acquisition environment for the government is NOT a level playing field. Proprietary vendors are able to leverage the current dominance of proprietary platforms to sell even more proprietary software. They also encourage fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) about FOSS by claiming FOSS will either not be able to match proprietary software features, or by exaggerating the effort required to move to FOSS. The ignorance of many in government about FOSS also plays into the greedy hands of these FUD-mongering proprietary software peddlers. The bottom line is that FOSS needs a little help, and that is what this bill does. The bill mandates a preference for software that gives certain freedoms to users and developers (this is the result of the different FOSS licenses). It does not favor any technology, platform, vendor, or any source of software. It does favor the FREEDOMS given by the FOSS licenses, and there's no reason why this should not be the case. The freedoms granted by a software license is just as good a criterion for evaluating software as any other. The Philippines stands to benefit from the FOSS bill. Congress should pass it ASAP!!! |
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12-16-2006, 01:04 AM
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You can download the software from the internet.
You can get the FREE version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (called CentOS) at: http://www.centos.org You can get FreeBSD at http://www.freebsd.org You can get OpenOffice at http://www.openoffice.org Lots more. Check out the latest FOSS at http://www.frshmeat.net |
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12-16-2006, 07:45 AM
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12-18-2006, 08:20 PM
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BadVista.org: FSF launches campaign against Microsoft Windows Vista
Boston, MA—December 15, 2006—The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched BadVista.org, a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting free software alternatives that respect users' security and privacy rights. "Vista is an upsell masquerading as an upgrade. It is an overall regression when you look at the most important aspect of owning and using a computer: your control over what it does. Obviously MS Windows is already proprietary and very restrictive, and well worth rejecting. But the new 'features' in Vista are a Trojan Horse to smuggle in even more restrictions. We'll be focusing attention on detailing how they work, how to resist them, and why people should care", said FSF program administrator John Sullivan. The campaign will organize supporters into effective and unusual actions drawing attention to this daylight theft of computer users' rights, aggregate news stories cutting through the Vista marketing propaganda, and provide a user-friendly gateway to the adoption of free software operating systems like gNewSense (http://www.gnewsense.org). Peter Brown, executive director of the FSF said, "Whilst Microsoft embarks upon its largest ever product launch, its marketing dollars will be spent in an effort to fool the media and user community about the goals of Vista. Our campaign will ask the important questions. Can you set yourself or your company free? Can you ever be free from Microsoft? As with our campaign against Digital Restrictions Management, we aim to demonstrate that technologists can be social activists, because we know the harm that Vista will cause". Among other harms, BadVista.org will focus on the danger posed by Treacherous Computing in Vista. Commonly called Trusted Computing in the industry, it is an attempt to turn computers from machines controlled by their user into machines that monitor their user and refuse to operate in ways that manufacturers don't authorize. Supporters can sign up to receive more information and participate in the campaign at http://badvista.org. _________________________________________________ The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software—particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants— and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software. Their Web site, located at www.fsf.org, is an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support their work can be made at http://donate.fsf.org. They are headquartered in Boston, MA, USA. Press Contact: For more information about this announcement or to schedule an interview, please contact Peter Brown or John Sullivan at +1-617-542-5942 or <pr@fsf.org> <pr@fsf.org>. |
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12-21-2006, 01:41 PM
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question: does this software/s SUPPORT other software/s such as the one that comes with your phone or bluetooth... wi-fi... the new gaming software, video cards and stuffs cos those that i mentioned usually puts it on their packaging... that they run on XP or VISTA ready...
just wanna know. even if it doesn't, i'd still endorse FREE/OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE. |
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12-22-2006, 02:35 AM
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There is FOSS software for many platforms including cellphones, PDAs, embedded sensors, etc. Bluetooth and other standard protocols are supported.
The FOSS community makes a good effort to support the latest hardware. Even some companies make theitr own hardware drivers to run for FOSS operating systems. For example, NVIDIAspecifically makes Linux drivers for their cards. You can get these drivers at the NVIDIA website. |
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12-24-2006, 09:37 AM
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ako raman OS ang dili free, other software installed are free if interested ka og free nga software go to www.download.com or www.windowsmarketplace.com, go for free category, not trial, and also go for High CNET Editors Ratings 
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Support the Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) Bill
nice!
yehey now adays people like FREE stuff... so lets support open source software
