Does Amazon Abandon Linux for Windows?
In his excellent blog post, Amazon Abandons Linux for Windows, Ken Hess is speculating about the reasons Amazon has signed patent agreement with Microsoft. He has arrived at the conclusion that Amazon is interested in converting its Linux based Kindle into a Windows based device.
Good point, and although Ken may be right about it, this is a rather long shot. It may, as well, be related to Amazon Web Services, an important Amazon business by itself, rather than Kindle. Amazon announcement only one day after the patent agreement deal, as Ken noted, is an indication of this.
Time will tell, as the saying goes.
Free Kindle for PC
Amazon has announced a free Kindle for PC application in one more move, which will revolutionize the way we consume books. Now you do not need to purchase The Kindle tablet in order to download and read Kindle books.
By offering the free kindle application Amazon has, significantly, lowered the bar for the digital books consumer. It hopes to attract many new Kindle users, who will in turn purchase books from the 400,000 titles already available for the Kindle application.
Is that the start of the end of the printed book? Probably not, but it is certainly an important step in revolutionizing the press industry.
Amazon announced free Kindle for PC application in one more which will revolutionize the way we consume books. Now you do not need to purchase The Kindle tablet.
By offering the free kindle application Amazon has lowered the bar for digital books cosumer significantly. It hopes hopes to attract many new Kindle users, and it will probably will succeed, who will in turn purchase books from the 400,000 titles already available for the Kindle application.
Is that the start of the end of the printed book? Probably not, but it is certainly an important mark in revolutionizing the press industry.
Mostly up and running
The Freeware Network as already up and running. Some pages and functionality need some fixing, but we are working on these issues and hope to have everything in order soon.
Free software downloads are ready and all related pages are fully functional.
The Freeware Network is Back
After almost two years in the dark, the Freeware Network is back. We are back with a lot of new plans, with a lot of new safe freeware downloads and with the good old fwnetwork.com domain name.
In the near future we are planning to improve the look and feel of the Freeware Network and bring it up to date.
Freeware Network is upgrading
We are happy to announce that good old Freeware Network is going through a process of upgrading. Not only in terms of design but more important in terms of what it will offer to our users.
Stay Tuned.
Introduction to Open Source (Part 3)
In part 1 and part 2 of this article I have introduced the open source concept, and discussed the reason software developers are adopting it. In the third and final part, below, we will discuss the risks of distributing the source code together with the software itself, the pros and cons of open source from the perspective of the end user, as well as, the reasons why IT giants are strategically getting involved in open source development.
Introduction to Open Source (Part 2)
In the first part of this article I have introduced the open source concept. In the second part, hereunder, we will further discuss the open source idea, its definitions and principals.
Introduction to Open Source (Part 1)
Introduction
In recent years, the open source movement has established a respectful position in the software industry. Many enterprises have embraced open source platform and applications and some of the software giants has adopted open source strategically: IBM, Novell, Oracle and even Google, to name a few.
Software Editors Needed
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Seeking Mac, Linux and Windows Free Software Editors
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