what you think about free software foundation?

I'm a big fan of free software too. Most of the program installed in my computer is free software. And its great to see that a lot of software is being developed under the free software especially when Linux become a well-known operating system.

Me too. I will stick to the free software foundation from the very beginning to the end. And it is all possible in the open-source platform. I think somehow this is one of the fantasy of high-tech information era.

Free software foundation is a good movement which is trying to capture back the zeal and enthusiasm which were around during the late 70's and early 80's. During this time there was an explosion in the interest for computers. It started after the introduction of the Sinclair ZX 80 home computer. This was followed by other models by the same company and others which jumped on the bandwagon. Due to the lack of software and incompatibility between models made by different companies, users had to write their own programs if they wanted more. There was no copyright. In fact users were proud to see their programs printed in computer magazines. One became a millionaire at the age of 14. At that time only certain routines were coyrighted. As a result many budding programmers, myself included, did not have any fear in modifying existing progams. It was basically a sharing community. Then came a man who was and still shrewd in business. He bought a DOS program, patented it, and sold it to IBM. Things went downhill from there. The concept of windows was first used by Xerox. Visicalc was the first to come out with a spreadsheet program, unpatented. Creativity became stifled when somebody started suing everybody else for having the same idea, thus having some similar codes. The Free Software Foundation is a fight back by programmers tired of being bullied and having their creativity controlled. Those who can afford it should contribute to the movement, so that the computing world will become an interesting and fun place for users and programmers. all the best, rosdimy

Well, I like free software when it works. It's good that there are still things that are free. Did you know that around 85% of the software is free. I read that a while ago in a newspaper i think.