Posts Tagged ‘proprietary’

Open Source vs. Proprietary Software, Part 1

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The Intranet Journal has a conside article comparing open source and proprietary intranet software.  T It is set to be a three part series, and atleast this first part is general enough to be applicable to most OSS vs. non-free choices.

The article covers the pros and cons in terms of:

  • Freedom from “The Man”
  • Cost of ownership
  • Experienced support communities
  • Software customization
  • Product longevity

So if you need to convince someone to go with OSS instead of proprietary, take a look.

Intranet Journal

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42 of the Best Commercial Linux Games

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

In addition to the list of 84 free games covered on LinuxLinks.com, they also have a list of 42 commercial titles available on Linux.  In order for a game to qualify for this list it had to meet the following requirements:

  • Released under a proprietary license with a fee required either to purchase the game, or a monthly charge
  • Not require Wine to run. Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows software

So if you really couldn’t find a game to suit you from the 84 titles previously mentioned and you are willing to pay, have a look at this list.

Update: LinuxLinks seems to be experiencing some problems and so it might be difficult to access the article.

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