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☞ Heart Of The Matter

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Simon Phipps

Four Reasons To Pay Extra For Open Source

My slides from today’s presentation in Bolzano, Italy. The core of the talk asserts that software freedom opens additional options for businesses which, if we weren’t pre-programmed by the price meaning of the word “free”, we would expect to pay a premium to obtain.

Google Files Sizzling Answer to Oracle’s Amended Complaint and its Opposition to Motion to Dismiss

Finally the filings are getting to the real heart of the issues. This Groklaw analysis is well worth reading.

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☂ Freedom Means Value Essay Posted

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Simon Phipps

My essay explaining that software freedom means business value is now available from the Essays section.

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