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While a small Utah company launches a frontal assault on free software, the rest of the globe is saying: Gimme some of that!
By Sam Williams
December 22, 2003
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A software company launches a billion-dollar suit
against the open-source operating system's biggest backer, IBM -- and only
succeeds in underscoring Linux's strength.
By Farhad Manjoo
June 3, 2003
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The drive to license academic research for profit is stifling the spread of software that could be of universal benefit.
By Jeffrey Benner
January 4, 2002
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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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A year after his death, the programming community still treasures the influence of Rich Stevens.
By Rachel Chalmers
September 1, 2000
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By Simson Garfinkel
By
August 8, 2000
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Open-source pioneers Bill and Lynne Jolitz may be the most famous programmers you've never heard of.
By Rachel Chalmers
May 17, 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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Part 2: Starting points
By
March 6, 2000
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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
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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
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Write free software -- and write it off your tax bill?
By Salon Tech Writers
December 15, 1998
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Eric Allman's free program makes sure your e-mail gets through. Now it's going commercial.
By Andrew Leonard
November 30, 1998
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Microsoft, beware: Linux fans are hell-bent on world domination.
By Andrew Leonard
May 30, 1998
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Part Two: Returning to the source. Once knowledge disappears into code, how do we retrieve it?
By Ellen Ullman
May 13, 1998
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Rebelling against Microsoft and its wizards, an engineer rediscovers the joys of difficult computing. First of two parts.
By Ellen Ullman
May 12, 1998