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A hacker reviews the beta release of Mac OS X -- and dreams of toppling Microsoft.
By Jordan Hubbard
November 17, 2000
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The passion of open-source hackers may make their success inevitable. Impugn it at your peril.
By Andrew Leonard
October 31, 2000
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Many free-software hackers make no attempt to hide their hatred of Bill Gates -- could they be the culprits?
By Andrew Leonard
October 27, 2000
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And they're off! Two competing upgrades to a controversial video-compression format are racing to the finish.
By Damien Cave
September 28, 2000
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In the free-software world, people obey the rules because they believe in them. In the music industry, the rip-off is a way of life.
By Andrew Leonard
September 22, 2000
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When open-source developers and IBM took gambles on each other, free software showed it can flourish in the heartland of corporate computing.
By Andrew Leonard
September 12, 2000
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By Jonah Greenberg
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August 11, 2000
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Why should the masses bother with free software when stealing from Microsoft is practically patriotic?
By Jonah Greenberg
August 9, 2000
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Napster's shutdown will only cause a thousand alternatives to bloom.
By Scott Rosenberg
July 27, 2000
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With its nifty Nautilus file manager, Eazel might make Linux safe for the desktop.
By Andrew Leonard
July 25, 2000
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Advogato is the latest step forward in the evolution of online open-source community.
By Rachel Chalmers
July 18, 2000
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From punch cards to Linux, hackers love to tinker and share. Even Bill Gates can't stop them.
By Andrew Leonard
June 22, 2000
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Microsoft's competitors argue that a breakup could get the bully off their backs.
By Janelle Brown, Damien Cave and Katharine Mieszkowski
June 7, 2000
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How Berkeley hackers built the Net's most fabled free operating system on the ashes of the '60s -- and then lost the lead to Linux.
By Andrew Leonard
May 16, 2000
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An incomplete listing of FSP research materials.
May 15, 2000
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Microsoft asks Slashdot to remove posts revealing copyrighted information.
By Andrew Leonard
May 11, 2000
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The free-software world's version of Microsoft's paper clip describes itself the best: "An inspiring example of form following function -- to Hell."
By Andrew Leonard
April 26, 2000
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April 20, 2000
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In the icy, cellphone-mad birthplace of Linux, networks rule. It's a matter of survival.
By Andrew Leonard
April 20, 2000
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The stumbles of a Kleiner Perkins-funded Linux start-up prove that money
isn't everything in the world of free software.
By Andrew Leonard
April 11, 2000
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Can Dungeons & Dragons regain gamers' trust? Plus: Attachment parenting by any other name; will Chris Columbus ruin Harry Potter?
April 4, 2000
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Does game maker Wizards of the Coast really want to create an open-source Dungeons & Dragons, or is it just trying to capitalize on the buzz?
By Wagner James Au
March 29, 2000
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Will the streamlined search engine's decision to mix in the 20,000 editors of the Open Directory Project mess with its mojo?
By Mark Durham
March 24, 2000
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March 24, 2000
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A gaming executive ponders an "open gaming license" for role-playing games.
By Andrew Leonard
March 10, 2000
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