ZDNet: Rx for Linux [Parts 2 & 3] | Linux Today

ZDNet: R<sub>x</sub> for Linux [Parts 2 & 3]

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 20, 2005

From Part 2:

“Right now a person with a bright new programming idea and a
full time job that doesn’t involve commercializing bright new
programming ideas for the employer faces a tough problem.

“How tough it is depends on where the person is, because
licensing and patent issues will affect his choices quite
differently in different parts of the world–everything from the
finders-keepers attitude state officials enjoy in Communist China
to cronyism and a resurgent class of above the law families in
Europe and Canada…”

Complete
Story
(Part 2: SCO, Patents, and Money)

Complete
Story
(Part 3: Licensing Clarity)

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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