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Evolution of a 100% Free Software-Based Publisher

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cutting-a-trail dept.

NewsForge (also owned by VA) has a quick and interesting look at the evolution of a 100% free software-based Italian publisher. From the article: "Today, Sovilla acknowledges that choosing a 100% free software workflow complicated his working life. He also notes, however, that a great part of his troubles came from an early start, at a time when programs such as Scribus weren't mature enough yet. Today, he says, the situation has improved considerably, and publishers who are willing to experiment with an alternative software platform can, and should, try it without fear."

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  1. Not 100% good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hear they don't provide source code for their books. The use some proprietary language called "Italian."

  2. Did you know? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Italian is an OO version of Latin and you can overload most methods in Italian by waving your hands about wildly.

  3. Actually... by WilliamSChips · · Score: 5, Funny

    Latin is open source as well, it has many forks such as Spanish, French, and Italian, and even has parts of its code present in English. Latin included many innovative features, such as the ablative case. You could do almost *anything* with that. A pity all the modern languages find ablative "too hard for newbies" and no longer include it.

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    1. Re:Actually... by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

      Real people learn Latin.

      Well, yeah, they learn it because the PHTWs (Pointy Haired Toga Wearers) require it, but real men code in Phoenician, or maybe Classical Attic Greek if they want to feel "cutting edge."

      There are still a few long haired, bearded, sandal wearing Cuneiform coders, but Jesus, they should get with the times. Modern hardware makes that short of dirty business pointless.

      KFG

    2. Re:Actually... by njh · · Score: 2, Funny

      I always found the ablative case a bit wearing.

    3. Re:Actually... by menace3society · · Score: 3, Funny

      Feh, I have more cases than you've had years of schooling.

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    4. Re:Actually... by Fizzl · · Score: 2, Funny

      Sanoisin suoralta kädeltä että tämä ei pidä paikkaansa. ;)

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  4. Re:Such Is The Story With Linux by Javaman59 · · Score: 1, Funny
    and does not really cost all that much when compared to all the business you lost when wasting time fighting with Linux.
    You won't have lost that much business if you do your fighting with Linux out of hours. That's what free time is for!
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  5. Should read... by PixelScuba · · Score: 2, Funny

    Intelligent Design of a 100% free Software-Based Publisher.

    What?

  6. Re:Gramer and speling nazi by daverabbitz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe it was intentional, but you spelt grammar and spelling wrong.

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