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FSF: Stallman Calls for Action on Free BIOS

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 28, 2005

“In 1984 the GNU Project set out to make it possible to operate
a computer in freedom–to operate it without any non-free software
that would deny the user’s freedom.

“At the time, the obstacle to this was simply the operating
system. A computer won’t run without an operating system, but all
the modern operating systems of 1983 were proprietary,
user-subjugating software. There was no way to use modern computers
in freedom. So we launched a campaign to change the situation by
developing a free software operating system, called GNU…”

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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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