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jeudi 2 septembre 2004

No to software patents

Software patenting, already in use in the USA, allows established companies to control the innovation of others. Microsoft has, for example, applied for a patent on "mouse clicking." This is absurd and will be invalidated by the courts. But in the meantime, who can oppose such an  […]

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mercredi 25 août 2004

Features, deadline, quality: choose two

I am talking about Firefox, and everything is in the title. We all want Firefox to be a great product (and it's already the case). But we want it to be shipping very soon, and we want its users to perceive its quality. Some features are too buggy to be fixed before the deadline. So what can we do?  […]

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mardi 24 août 2004

Caught between the lawyers and the community

Well, I know the title of this post really sucks, but I can't do anything about it: everytime I think about the localization and trademark issues, this old Rolling Stone song takes over my mind and I end up whistling "Between a rock... and a hard place! Between a rock... and a hard place"  […]

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