Answered: Ten Myths about Free Software
Sep 30, 2007Within the scope of the EU "FLOSSMETRICS" project, participant Carlo Daffara investigated how much truth the "Ten Myths about Open Source Software" actually contain.
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more »Red Hat Extending Financial Division
Sep 28, 2007Red Hat has reinforced its Financial Division and appointed Mark Cook as Vice President for Finance and Controller. Paul Argiry will be joining the company as a Vice President and Treasurer.
more »Applications for Proprietary Unix Becoming Extinct
Sep 28, 2007Analyst George Weiss claims that no new applications will be developed exclusively for proprietary Unix after 2009.
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