This week at LWN: A couple of lessons on the hazards of proprietary software

Posted by grouch on Aug 10, 2006 4:49 PM EDT
LWN.net; By Jonathan Corbet
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The advantages of free software are not always immediately apparent to all computer users. Many people think that, since they have no interest in or ability for working with the source, its free availability is of no benefit to them. LWN readers, instead, tend to understand this issue well, so we try to resist harping on the point too much. Every now and then, however, the problems associated with non-free software hit such a level that one can only sit back and laugh - before writing a snide article on the subject.

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