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| | |  open-source software: Encyclopedia II - Linux distribution - CompositionA typical Linux distribution comprises a Linux kernel, GNU tools and libraries, additional software, documentation, and some multimedia (such as fonts, desktop wallpapers, system sounds, etc.). Most of the included software is free software/open-source software which is distributed by its maintainers both as pre-compiled binaries and in source code form, allowing users to modify and compile the original source code if they wish. Other software included with some distributions may be proprie ...
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - Open source - History Since the early 1960s, most software was developed in an open source manner, where code was readily given out between users in order to better the experience for all users.
In 1984, the Free Software Movement began its campaign for Free Software, meaning software that respects users' freedom and community, and explained that "free" in "free software" means "free as in free speech," and not "free as in free beer." But free software usually can be obtained at zero cost, so some misunderstood the aim of this movement to be "users should never pay," and perce ...
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - Linux distribution - Composition A typical Linux distribution comprises a Linux kernel, GNU, additional software, documentation, and some multimedia (such as fonts, desktop wallpapers, system sounds, etc.). Most of the included software is free software/open-source software which is distributed by its maintainers both as pre-compiled binaries and in source code form, allowing users to modify and compile the original source code if they wish. Other software included with some distributions may be proprie ...
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - Geographic information system - Techniques used in GIS
Geographic information system - Relating information from different sources.
If you could relate information about the rainfall of your state to aerial photographs of your county, you might be able to tell which wetlands dry up at certain times of the year. A GIS, which can use information from many different sources in many different forms, can help with such analyses. The primary requirement for the source data consists of knowing the locations for the variables. Location may be annotated by x,y, and z coordina ...
See also:Geographic information system, Geographic information system - History of development, Geographic information system - Techniques used in GIS, Geographic information system - Relating information from different sources, Geographic information system - Data representation, Geographic information system - Data capture, Geographic information system - Data manipulation, Geographic information system - Projections coordinate systems and registration, Geographic information system - Spatial analysis with GIS, Geographic information system - Data output and cartography, Geographic information system - Graphic display techniques, Geographic information system - GIS software, Geographic information system - The future of GIS, Geographic information system - OGC standards, Geographic information system - Open Source GIS Software, Geographic information system - Global change and climate history program, Geographic information system - Adding the dimension of time, Geographic information system - Textbooks Read more here: » Geographic information system: Encyclopedia II - Geographic information system - Techniques used in GIS |
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - Mono development platform - Framework Architecture
Mono development platform - Class Library.
The class library provides a comprehensive set of facilities for application development. They are primarily written in C#, but thanks to the Common Language Specification they can be used by any .NET language. The class library is structured into Namespaces, and deployed in shared libraries known as Assemblies. When we speak of the .NET ...
See also:Mono development platform, Mono development platform - History, Mono development platform - Framework Architecture, Mono development platform - Class Library, Mono development platform - Common Language Infrastructure and Common Language Specification, Mono development platform - Managed and Unmanaged Code, Mono development platform - Related projects, Mono development platform - Mono and Microsoft's patents, Mono development platform - Software developed with Mono, Mono development platform - Notes Read more here: » Mono development platform: Encyclopedia II - Mono development platform - Framework Architecture |
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - Open source movement - Relations with the free software movement Since its inception, the open source movement has been a matter of controversy within the hacker community.
Stallman, speaking for the FSF, has criticized the motivation of the open source movement. According to him, the pragmatic focus of the movement distracts users from the central moral issues and the freedoms offered by free software, blurring the distinction with semi-free or wholly proprietary software. Stallman describes the free software and the open source movements as separate "political camps" within the same free-software ...
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Windows WordPerfect was late in coming to market with a Windows version. WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows was released in late 1991, by which time Microsoft Word for Windows was already at version 2. WordPerfect's function-key-centered user interface did not adapt well to the new paradigm of mice and pull-down menus, especially with many of WordPerfect's standard key combinations pre-empted by incompatible keyboard shortcuts that Windows itself used (e.g. Alt-F4 became Exit Program instead of WordPerfect's Block Text). The DOS version's impressive arsenal of finely tuned printer drivers was also rendered obso ...
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - Anarchist economics - Anarchist Critique of Capitalism main article - Anarchism and capitalism
Anarchist economics - Critique of Subjective Theory of Value.
Supporters of capitalism usually agree with what is called the Subjective Theory of Value (STV), as explained by most mainstream economic textbooks. This system of economics is usually termed "marginalist" economics.
The STV states that the price of a commodity is determined by its marginal utility to the consumer and producer. Marginal utility is the point on an individual's scale of satisfa ...
See also:Anarchist economics, Anarchist economics - Anarchist Critique of Capitalism, Anarchist economics - Critique of Subjective Theory of Value, Anarchist economics - Bias of Marginalist Economists, Anarchist economics - Command Economies and Free Markets, Anarchist economics - Alternative Currency Theories, Anarchist economics - Gift Economy, Anarchist economics - Labor Theory of Value, Anarchist economics - Energy Theory of Value, Anarchist economics - Examples of Anarchist Economies, Anarchist economics - Utopia, Anarchist economics - Theoretical Anarchist Economic Systems, Anarchist economics - Participatory Economics, Anarchist economics - Technological LTV Networks, Anarchist economics - Panarchist Synthesis, Anarchist economics - Economics as Anarchist Strategy, Anarchist economics - Shadow Economies, Anarchist economics - Outside Links Read more here: » Anarchist economics: Encyclopedia II - Anarchist economics - Anarchist Critique of Capitalism |
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - Open source - History Since the early 1960s most software was developed in an open source manner, where code was readily given out between users in order to better the experience for all users.
In 1984, the Free Software Movement began its campaign for Free Software, meaning software that respects users' freedom and community, and explained that "free" in "free software" means "free as in free speech," and not "free as in free beer." But free software usually can be obtained at zero cost, so some misunderstood the aim of this movement to be "users should never pay," and perce ...
See also:Open source, Open source - History, Open source - Markets, Open source - Agriculture, Open source - Health, Open source - Technology, Open source - Society and culture, Open source - Government, Open source - Media Read more here: » Open source: Encyclopedia II - Open source - History |
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - Mono development platform - History Miguel de Icaza became interested in the .NET technology as soon as the .NET documents came out in December 2000. He started to look at the byte code interpreter but got into trouble when he realized that there were no specification for the metadata. In February 2001 de Icaza asked for the missing information on the metadata file format in the .NET mailing lists and at the same time started to work on an C# compiler written in C#, as an exercise in C#. In April 2001 ECMA published the missing file format and at GUADEC (April 6 – April 8, 2001), de Icaza demonstrated the features of h ...
See also:Mono development platform, Mono development platform - History, Mono development platform - Framework Architecture, Mono development platform - Class Library, Mono development platform - Common Language Infrastructure and Common Language Specification, Mono development platform - Managed and Unmanaged Code, Mono development platform - Related projects, Mono development platform - Mono and Microsoft's patents, Mono development platform - Software developed with Mono, Mono development platform - Notes Read more here: » Mono development platform: Encyclopedia II - Mono development platform - History |
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - WordPerfect - WordPerfect for DOS WordPerfect was originally produced by Bruce Bastian and Dr. Alan Ashton who founded Satellite Software International, Inc. of Orem, Utah, which later renamed itself WordPerfect Corporation. Originally written for Data General minicomputers, in 1982 the developers ported the program to the IBM PC as WordPerfect 2.20, continuing the version numbering of the Data General series. The program's popularity took off with the introduction of WordPerfect 4.2 in 1986, with automatic paragraph numbering (important to the legal market), and the splitti ...
See also:WordPerfect, WordPerfect - WordPerfect for DOS, WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Windows, WordPerfect - Comparison to other word processors, WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Macintosh, WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Linux, WordPerfect - Versions, WordPerfect - Future Versions, WordPerfect - User Groups Read more here: » WordPerfect: Encyclopedia II - WordPerfect - WordPerfect for DOS |
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - WordPerfect - Future Versions On January 17, 2006, Corel announced WordPerfect X3, the newest version of this office package. Corel is an original member of the OASIS Technical Committee on the Open Document Format, and Paul Langille, a senior Corel developer, is one of the original four authors of the OpenDocument specification, so support for this format is expected. Also, Corel sent a letter to Massachusetts supporting their selection OpenDocument, saying, "Corel strongly supports the broad adoption of the open standards Massachusetts has outlined, including XML, the ...
See also:WordPerfect, WordPerfect - WordPerfect for DOS, WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Windows, WordPerfect - Comparison to other word processors, WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Macintosh, WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Linux, WordPerfect - Versions, WordPerfect - Future Versions, WordPerfect - User Groups Read more here: » WordPerfect: Encyclopedia II - WordPerfect - Future Versions |
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Linux In 1995, WordPerfect 6.0 was made available for Linux as part of Caldera's internet office package. In late 1997, a newer version was made available for download, but had to be purchased to be activated. Hoping to establish themselves in the nascent commercial Linux market, Corel also developed their own distribution of Linux.
Although the Linux distribution was fairly well-received, the response to WordPerfect for Linux was varied. Some Linux promoters appreciated the availability of a well-known, mainstream application for the OS. D ...
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Macintosh Development of WordPerfect for Macintosh did not run parallel to versions for other operating systems, and used version numbers unconnected to contemporary releases for DOS, Windows, etc. The first release reminded users and reviewers of the DOS version, and was not especially successful in the marketplace. Version 2 was a total re-write, adhering more closely to Apple's UI guidelines. Version 3 took this further, making extensive use of the technologies Apple introduced in Systems 7.0–7.5, while remaining fast and capable of running well ...
See also:WordPerfect, WordPerfect - WordPerfect for DOS, WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Windows, WordPerfect - Comparison to other word processors, WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Macintosh, WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Linux, WordPerfect - Versions, WordPerfect - Future Versions, WordPerfect - User Groups Read more here: » WordPerfect: Encyclopedia II - WordPerfect - WordPerfect for Macintosh |
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - Mono development platform - Mono and Microsoft's patents A lot of discussion has taken place about whether Microsoft could destroy the Mono project with patents. The problematic parts are not the core technologies submitted to the ECMA or the Unix/Gnome-specific parts. The problematic parts are technologies developed by Microsoft on top of the .NET Framework, such as ASP.NET, ADO.NET and Windows Forms. These technologies are today not fully implemented in Mono and not required for developing Mono-applications, but required for compability with the Windows platform. The Mono team aims to cover thes ...
See also:Mono development platform, Mono development platform - History, Mono development platform - Framework Architecture, Mono development platform - Class Library, Mono development platform - Common Language Infrastructure and Common Language Specification, Mono development platform - Managed and Unmanaged Code, Mono development platform - Related projects, Mono development platform - Mono and Microsoft's patents, Mono development platform - Software developed with Mono, Mono development platform - Notes Read more here: » Mono development platform: Encyclopedia II - Mono development platform - Mono and Microsoft's patents |
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - Open source - Society and culture Open source as applied to culture defines a culture in which fixations are made generally available. Participants in such an open source culture are able to modify those products, if needed, and redistribute them back into the community or other organizations.
Open source - Government.
Open source government primarily refers to use of open source software and technologies in traditional government orga ...
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| | | | open-source software: Encyclopedia II - Anarchist economics - Economics as Anarchist Strategy Some anarchists believe that it is not radical political activity that will transform society, but radical economic activity that will make true change. They regard boycotts, consumer advocacy, and class-action lawsuits to be merely liberal actions that do not address the core problem which is capitalism itself.
Anarchists believe that changing the nature of work itself is the crux of defeating capitalism. Parecon addresses the division of labor question by advocating balanced job complexes wherein all workers at a production facility ...
See also:Anarchist economics, Anarchist economics - Anarchist Critique of Capitalism, Anarchist economics - Critique of Subjective Theory of Value, Anarchist economics - Bias of Marginalist Economists, Anarchist economics - Command Economies and Free Markets, Anarchist economics - Alternative Currency Theories, Anarchist economics - Gift Economy, Anarchist economics - Labor Theory of Value, Anarchist economics - Energy Theory of Value, Anarchist economics - Examples of Anarchist Economies, Anarchist economics - Utopia, Anarchist economics - Theoretical Anarchist Economic Systems, Anarchist economics - Participatory Economics, Anarchist economics - Technological LTV Networks, Anarchist economics - Panarchist Synthesis, Anarchist economics - Economics as Anarchist Strategy, Anarchist economics - Shadow Economies, Anarchist economics - Outside Links Read more here: » Anarchist economics: Encyclopedia II - Anarchist economics - Economics as Anarchist Strategy |
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