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Free Software Foundation Appoints Director of Access Technology

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

11.05.2010
The Free Software Foundation sees ""leadership vacuum" in free software accessibility -- and it's hired an expert to fill the vacuum.
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FOSS community, FOSS business, and the nature of allies

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

04.05.2010
Just because the FOSS community and FOSS business are allies doesn't mean that their interests are always identical.
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The Prestige of Proprietary Software

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

27.04.2010
Why do people choose proprietary software? Because, in a consumer society, it has a prestige that free software cannot match.
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Patent Absurdity: The Case against Software Patents Comes to Film

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

19.04.2010
The new film Patent Absurdity achieves what you might think is impossible: summarizing American law about software patents while engaging the audience
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Cooking with Marcel

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

15.04.2010
Meet the man behind Chez Marcel and the popular "Cooking with Linux" column -- and find out what he is doing now.
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The Difference a Decade Makes

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

07.04.2010
While looking forward to GNOME 3.0, let's look back and acknowledge the accomplishment embodied in the GNOME 2.0 series.
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Fellow travelers, part 2: FOSS journalists, and the separation of topics and personal beliefs

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

26.03.2010
Just because you've read the article doesn't mean that you know the writer.
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MindTouch releases list of influential voices in open source

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

17.03.2010
Who do people listen to in open source? MindTouch provides an answer in a list entitled The Most Powerful Voices in Open Source.
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Ad-blocking and the compromises of conscience

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

11.03.2010
If you use an ad-blocker, are you failing to suppport your favorite FOSS sites?
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Learned helplessness and the hacker mentality

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

08.03.2010
Learned helplessness is normally found in victims of trauma. So what is it so common among Windows and OS X users?
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