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Programming languages and "lock-in"

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Language and lock-in

One of the favorite arguments for free software is that it avoids lock-in to a particular manufacturer’s products. Something similar happens due to choice of programming language, though, which accounts for the sometimes-baffling project rivalries in the free software world. While this may be a surprising result to end users, it makes a lot of sense if you think about how developers—especially free-software developers—work. Occasionally, you hear complaints about these “divisions” of the free software world, but is this really a bad thing?

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Audio

Browsing

  • Firefox
  • Epiphany
  • Konqueror

Watching videos

  • Xine
  • VLC
  • TV Time

Email

  • Thunderbird
  • Evolution
  • KDE Mail

Photos

  • Digicam (Photo Management Tool for KDE)
  • F-Spot (http://f-spot.org/Main_Page)

Phones

  • Ekiga

Instant messanging

  • Kopete
  • Pidgin

Word processing

  • OpenOffice Word Processing
  • Abiword
  • KWord

Spreadsheets

  • OpenOffice Calc Spreadsheet
  • Gnumeric

The hidden roadblock - What is stopping SMB adoption of GNU/Linux?

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When considering moving a Small to Mid-size Business (SMB) client over to GNU/Linux or talking to someone who is considering the same, there frequently is a “but” somewhere during the process. The hesitation is one that is rarely talked about, or one that I have rarely heard; the lack of specialized applications from Independent Software Vendors (ISVs).

A new front?

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Google’s new “My Maps” is one of the coolest new web technologies I’ve come across in a long time – I love it! But this, combined with an off-hand remark in a blog, got me thinking: where are all the free web apps?


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