Category Archives: Values

FUD From Dr Peel

March 24, 2008 – 10:15 am

FUD stands for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. You should probably take a moment and read the wiki-page, otherwise the rest of this post might be lost on you.
In the United States, FUD seems to be a legitimate marketing strategy for many institutions. Microsoft uses FUD regarding the coverage of their patents on the Linux kernel. […]

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FOSS Sin: Pointless Duplication of Effort

November 27, 2007 – 12:02 pm

Duplication of effort is viewed as a sin in the Free and Open Source software (FOSS) development community. The whole ethos of FOSS dictates that developers should work together, sharing the improvements they make to software between them. For this reason forking, or starting a redundant project, is often viewed as an attack against the […]

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