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Hilf Claims Free Software Movement Dead

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the faster-than-a-speeding-fud dept.

moe1975 writes to mention that Bill Hilf has taken a rather aggressive stance with regard to the status of the Free Software movement. With claims like; "The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007. Even Linus has got a job today" it would certainly seem that the next offensive is going to be sponsored by denial. "For the desktop, Hilf sees a new frontier in terms of rich client programming. With more and more services by Amazon, Google, Yahoo and, of course, Microsoft being run as services rather than as software installed locally, it will be up to the desktop to provide richer functionality."

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  1. Dear Slashdot: Post Some News, not FUD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    from Microcrap Craporation.

    Does this story add ANYTHING to the conversation? NO.

    Try posting News: ie. No Habeus Corpus in the United Gulags of Amerika etc.

  2. A rallying cry... by afxgrin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Maybe it's time to learn a lesson from Zero Wing.

            CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.
            CATS: Ha Ha Ha Ha ....
            Operator: Captain !! *
            Captain: Take off every 'Zig' !!
            Captain: You know what you doing.
            Captain: Move 'Zig'.
            Captain: For great justice.

  3. Re:Misread ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    The new Fark layout is awesome, people need to shut the fuck up and realize that just because something was one way for a long time that doesn't mean a new way won't be better. From a HID standpoint it's a vast improvement.

    On the other hand, the new Fark policy about images is asinine and the reason I've been spending much less time there (though I haven't felt the need to announce my departure like many).

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