• Scoop: Why Bill Gates stepped down

    Ten reasons why the Microsoft founder is handing off the CEO torch.
    By the Salon Technology staff January 13, 2000

  • Can Linux billionaires carry the free-software torch?

    As dot-com mania sends shares in open-source companies soaring, the movement searches its soul.
    By Andrew Leonard December 23, 1999

  • Microsoft, Mahir and money, money, money

    A software superpower is declared a monopoly, free software rakes in billions and money makes the world go round: The year in tech.
    By Janelle Brown, Mark Gimein, Andrew Leonard and Kaitlin Quistgaard December 15, 1999

  • Code critic

    John Lions wrote the first, and perhaps only, literary criticism of Unix, sparking one of open source's first legal battles.
    By Rachel Chalmers November 30, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    In Texas, AIDS issues are about race, not sexuality
    Plus: Remembering James Bond's glory days; why let a cheating husband off the hook?
    Letters to the Editor November 29, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Is it time for a female vice president? Plus: Get that spam out of my mailbox; "Millionaire" contestant gives Philbin the thumbs-up.
    Letters to the Editor November 22, 1999

  • Who controls free software?

    Does Red Hat's aquisition of Cygnus give the company the final say on free software's future?
    By Andrew Leonard November 18, 1999

  • How the Web was almost won

    Just how close did we come to a Net ruled by Microsoft? The "server wars" show a grim counterpart to the browser wars.
    By Tim O'Reilly November 16, 1999

  • Why Microsoft really does suck

    All the warm, fuzzy feelings evoked by my gorgeous new laptop went up in smoke when I discovered the evil that lurked inside.
    By Andrew Leonard November 15, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    What's to become of Microsoft? Plus: Putting McKinney's life in Judy Shepard's hands; who unearthed the L.A. Times controversy?
    Letters to the Editor November 12, 1999

  • Is Linux the real remedy?

    The open-source camp welcomes the findings of fact. But some think that Linux doesn't need the courts to beat Redmond.
    By Andrew Leonard November 6, 1999

  • Cartoon for coders

    "User Friendly" taps the open-source movement's collective funny bone.
    By Janelle Brown October 27, 1999

  • Casting an academic eye on Linux

    Researchers at the University of Michigan want to know how the open-source community "gets things done."
    By Andrew Leonard October 21, 1999

  • The Red Hat diaries

    Are Linux coders and Linux companies on different paths? A slapdash new book and a recent flurry of corporate maneuvers suggest just that.
    By Andrew Leonard October 14, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Apple is too strong to be Linux's lunch; DEA Museum shows only one side of drug wars; does LAPD behavior shed light on O.J. case?
    Letters to the Editor October 5, 1999

  • Linux at the bat

    Red Hat's Marc Ewing steps up to the plate against Microsoft in the billion-dollar free-software ballgame.
    By Andrew Leonard October 4, 1999

  • Do penguins eat apples?

    Once upon a time, Apple dreamed of killing giants. Today, that hope belongs to a new, open-source generation.
    By Andrew Leonard September 28, 1999

  • Slashdot goes quiet

    Can one muzzle the "News for Nerds" site? Probably not -- but its parent company has entered the quiet period, preparing for an IPO.
    By Andrew Leonard September 17, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Taking sides on Waco; Salon is as consumerist as the New York Times; how can I see the "Yellow Submarine"?
    Letters to the Editor September 16, 1999

  • Is the Thinkpad now Linux-friendly?

    IBM says its laptops will be "compatible" with Red Hat Linux -- but just what does that mean?
    By Andrew Leonard September 14, 1999

  • Log: Is the Oval Office going open source?

    Will all candidates in favor of free software please step forward?
    By Andrew Leonard September 13, 1999

  • The Cybercommunist Manifesto

    Are free-software hackers undermining capitalism and the free-market economy with their code giveaways?
    By Andrew Leonard September 10, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Should Warren Beatty be our next president? Plus: Savaging E.B. White; ascent from a Windows hell.
    Letters to the Editor September 9, 1999

  • Open-source fiction?

    An online writers workshop aims to expose the guts of works in progress to the Internet's hive mind.
    By Thomas Claburn September 7, 1999

  • Linux laptop lust

    Laptop hardware is an unconquered frontier for Linux -- a place where the cutting edge sometimes slices free software to shreds.
    By Andrew Leonard September 7, 1999
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