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+-   It's *Not* The 15th Birthday of Linux-> on Thursday March 19 2009, @07:14AM Glyn Moody

Submitted by Glyn Moody on Thursday March 19 2009, @07:14AM
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Glyn Moody writes "There's been a spate of celebrations of Linux's 15th birthday recently. What they'are really marking is the 15th anniversary of version 1.0. But do version numbers matter for free software? The "release early, release often" approach means there's generally little difference between version 0.99.14z, say, and version 1.0. In fact, drawing attention to such anniversaries is misguided, because it gives the impression that free software is created in the same way as traditional proprietory code, working towards a predetermined end-point according to a top-down plan. So how should we be choosing and celebrating free software's past achievements?"
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