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Anti-FUD: Obsessed with Free Beer, LXer?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 20, 2005

[ Thanks to Preston
St. Pierre
for this link. ]

“A recent article on LXer, a website well known for its
publication of FUD, outlined the reasons that ‘Free Software is not
Free.’ Except, they really didn’t. What they did was outline a few
reasons that you can spend money on ‘Linux’ systems. Perhaps its
about time the author be reminded what Free Software really is.

“Before I demonstrate why the author of that article is
undeniably wrong in his judgement, I’d like to point out a few of
the things from his article that show how biased he is…”

Complete Story

Related Story:
LXer:
Free Software in Reality Isn’t Free
(Jan 18, 2005)

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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