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This article at SlashDot (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/03/210219) raised some interesting questions. The article, which was written by a [DSE] salesman[1] in NewZealand apparently, says that people wouldn't buy [Linux]-based computers, partly or mostly because they couldn't understand why the software was [free] (let alone [Free]). To them, obviously the software wasn't even good enough that the author(s) thought they could sell it!
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+''this article is no longer on NewsForge, anyone got a link? -- AlastairPorter''
!!So, why is the software free (and Free)?
There are the obvious "freedom to tinker" style arguments that we're familiar with - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
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OpenSourceSuccessStories
WellThoughtOutReasonsToRunLinux
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+LinuxFudDispelled
You can find out how to advocate [Linux] here:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Advocacy.html or locally at HowToAdvocacy.
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Linux]
Vs [UNIX]: WhyUnix
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-[Linux] Vs [Windows]: The TCO argument (Total Cost of Ownership)
-http://www.enterpriselinux.org/pages.php?page=TCO
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-http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19958.html
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-http://cin.earthweb.com/public/article/,,10493_1477911,00.html
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-http://www.vnunet.com/News/1128453
+Linux Vs [UNIX]: WhyUnix
-http
://www-1.ibm.com/linux/RFG-LinuxTCO-vFINAL-Jul2002.pdf
+Linux legal stuff (especially regarding the [SCO] [FUD])
: GrokLaw
-http://www.members.optushome.com.au/brendanscott/papers/freesoftwaretco150702.html
+Linux Vs [Windows]: The TCO argument (Total Cost of Ownership)
+**http://www.enterpriselinux.org/pages.php?page=TCO
+**http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19958.html
+**http://cin.earthweb.com/public/article/,,10493_1477911,00.html
+**http://www.vnunet.com/News/1128453
+**http://www-1.ibm.com/linux/RFG-LinuxTCO-vFINAL-Jul2002.pdf
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http://www.members.optushome.com.au/brendanscott/papers/freesoftwaretco150702.html
Part of CategoryPolitics
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[1] This is actually a local Linux user, sometimes spotted at WLUG meetings, James Hutton.
