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Behind the doors of the Free Software Foundation (NewsForge)
The purpose of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is probably obvious from its name -- but what does promoting free software mean in terms of everyday activity? Examining the roles of the organization shows how complex the FSF's advocacy role has become. It also reveals the range of services available to the free software community, and helps to explain how such a small group has had such a ...
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Industry Rethinks Moneymaking Software Practice (The Hendersonville Times-News)
Before they ship PCs to retailers like Best Buy, computer makers get paid hundreds of millions of dollars to load them up with lots of free software. For $30, Best Buy will get rid of it for you.
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Industry Rethinks Moneymaking Software Practice (New York Times)
Before they ship PCs to retailers like Best Buy, computer makers load them up with lots of free software. For $30, Best Buy will get rid of it for you.
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Buddi - Personal Finance & Budgeting Program for openSUSE (Linux Today)
[ Thanks to susegeek for this link. ] "Buddi is released a free opensource software released under GNU GPL license. Buddi will run on almost any computer which has a Java virtual machine installed. This can include Windows, Macintosh OS X, Linux, and many other operating systems."
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Bloatware Removal Threatens PC Industry Profits (Slashdot)
Anti-Globalism sends along a piece on how a consumer-friendly service is not so good for PC manufacturers. "Before they ship PCs to retailers like Best Buy, computer makers load them up with lots of free software. For $30, Best Buy will get rid of it for you. That simple cleanup service is threatening the precarious economics of the personal computer industry. Software companies pay hundreds of ...
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Retailers threaten bottom line for computer makers (International Herald Tribune)
Before they ship computers to retailers like Best Buy, the largest electronics retailer in the United States, computer makers load them up with lots of free software. For $30, Best Buy will get rid of it for you.
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Dollar Financial Corp Announces Record Fiscal 2008 Results (Centre Daily Times)
Dollar Financial Corp (NASDAQ:DLLR), a leading international financial services company serving under-banked consumers, today announced its results for the fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2008.
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Dollar Financial Corp Announces Record Fiscal 2008 Results (wallstreet:online AG)
Dollar Financial Corp (4860;NASDAQ:DLLR), a leading international financial services company serving under-banked
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Eyes turn to dawn of 'visual computing' (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Lifelike graphics are breaking free of elite computer games and spreading throughout society in what industry insiders proclaim is the dawning of a "visual computing era."
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Novell Reports Financial Results for Third Fiscal Quarter 2008 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Novell, Inc. today announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2008.
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