TalkingTech
The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
A recent online posting of Richard Stallman's astonishingly long set of instructions for those who would hire him as an event speaker has spawned a parody website -- The Stallman Dialogues -- as well as some debate over the propriety of people constantly poking fun at the enigmatic and controversial founder of the Free Software Foundation.
By Paul McNamara | 07 November, 2011 22:28
Open source software can benefit government and the wider community through improving interoperability and reducing costs, according to the Australian Government chief information officer, Ann Steward.
By Tim Lohman | 31 March, 2011 11:02
Governments should be required to abandon proprietary software if they are to properly serve their citizens, according to Free Software Movement advocate and GNU Free Software operating system developer, Richard Stallman.
By Tim Lohman | 06 October, 2010 15:53
Oracle must be stopped from taking over MySQL, according to Richard Stallman, a developer and prominent activist for free software.
By Paul Meller | 21 October, 2009 06:23
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