The Big Failure of the FSF | Linux Today

The Big Failure of the FSF

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 30, 2007

“Explaining what freedom in computing is about, is also talk
about the FSF and/or the GNU project; they’re nothing less than the
flagship of the free software movement and they’ve made huge steps
toward freedom in computing, but they have missed a key point: If
the average computer user is not on our side, we’ll get
nowhere.

“Ours is a wonderful, well-founded philosophy, just like many
others. So why would a friend of mine try to find out what yet
another philosophy is all about…?”


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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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