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A very graphic demonstration of why Software should be Open. This could never have happened if the software was Open Source Software.Giant Robot Imprisons Parked Cars

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Good lord. That would be funnier if it weren't so awful. I imagine this sort of thing will happen again, too -- consumers trapped between the disputants in a contract hassle -- as we progress through...

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Yes this example very clearly demonstrates the simple fact that Richard Stallman was definately not crying wolf, when he pointed out that this sort of thing, and worse, would be the end result making...

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That's amazing! For the past several months at work, whenever I go to look at the setups for the package that controls our production jobs (CTLM), I first have to hit enter three times to get past...

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Hi Tracyanne,I didn't know that there was a robotic parking machine, wow. In 1986 I typed an article about an Australian inventor who had created a "ferris wheel" type of parking machine. How things...

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I never really understood it until I was confronted with an example of how no matter how little a proprietory software application costs (in my case it was a no cost application), in the end it will...

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I meant to post this article earlier, thankfully it's still accessible. When I read it I was reminded of the discussion in this thread.www.smh.com.au -- nurses taking housecallsSeptember 26,...

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Asterisk is a fantastic PBX, it's one of the shining lights of FOSS. Have the Open Source solution also means that they were able to budget more money for better hardware, and plan in the redundancy,...

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Yes, I thought you would consider they had made a smart choice

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that I would consider it a smart choice, while in general I do consider FOSS the better choice, there are FOSS projects/applications I wouldn't necessarily consider as being a good choice, depending...

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Texas Opens the Door for LinuxQuote:State Senator John Carona (R-Dallas) has filed a bill designed to decrease expenditures on computing in the Texas state government. Recognizing that the State's...

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