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Happy Ada Lovelace Day
Wednesday was Ada Lovelace Day! (UPDATE: Apologies for the late post.) In a nutshell, March 24 is set aside to promote the achievements of women in IT and software engineering. And we can start by looking toward the achievements of Ada Lovelace. Ada Lovelace-the daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron-was the first computer programmer…
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Why I Like Free Software and Freedom
Adding freedom to software is a great business tactic. It gives back control to the customer, who now becomes not just another faceless entity to pilfer. Now the customer becomes a client, a person with real goals, ambitions and needs. And libre software/open source is a guarantee to serve those needs. But it need not…