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今天在中時電子報看到 "芬蘭小子Linus 顛覆微軟價值 " 新聞，因為極具參考價值，所以記錄在此：

赫爾辛基大學孕育了一位年輕的國際偶像─LinusTorvalds。這位芬蘭小子今年才卅七歲。揚名全球已有十多年。他名列「最偉大的芬蘭人」第十六名。

一九九一年，廿二歲的芬蘭小子Linus，在赫大寫出Linux作業系統，開放原始碼成為自由軟體。掀起了全球網路軟體青年中的超級旋風。「自由軟體」和「商業專利軟體」最大的不同是：自由取得、自由使用、自由複製、自由研究改良和自由散播。這些都不是微軟等商業專利軟體所允許的。

微軟的這種商業專利軟體，收取授權費用，並且兩三年升級一次，使用者必須不斷支付授權金，換來並不一定等值或非要不可的新產品。而且，軟體專利掌握在商業專利軟體賣主手上，不但形成實質壟斷，原始碼的無法掌握，更涉及國家安全。

Linus堅信，公開原始碼的自由軟體，可以成為更穩定的軟體。絕對是未來軟體科技該走的正確的路。他把自由軟體和商業專利軟體，比喻成科學和魔法。

他說，自由軟體的系統，建立在人人看得到的結果之上，並且在這個基礎下開始，這就是科學。人人站在巨人的肩膀上，不必重新製造輪子。魔法總有個不為人知的秘密，保護這個秘密不允許別人瞭解，這就是魔法。歷史證明，魔法已死，傳統商業專利軟體也將和魔法一樣。

Linux的出現立刻對微軟構成強大的壓力，尤其是Linus個人所表現出的軟體科技天分，和高度道德性，吸引了許多全球年輕人的崇拜和追隨，全球開發自由軟體的熱潮風起雲湧。目前，中國已經把開發Linux系統，列為國家最重大的發展計畫之一。

Linus在接受媒體訪問時，被問到後不後悔當初開放自己的Linux，錯過了當世界鉅富的機會。他自然自在地說：不會。

如果，微軟代表美國式的自由競爭的商業利益價值，Linus代表的正是芬蘭人更重視精神與價值的追求。

「如果Linus是台灣人的孩子，他會有甚麼命運？」我認為，台灣的教育絕對不可能培育出這樣一個企圖顛覆世界商業秩序的孩子。

出處：中時電子報

根據 digg 的 "Fedora Core 5 Released" 文章中提到：

It seems as though Fedora has released the next installment of Fedora Core three days early. On the Fedora Forums, there's a link to an ftp server servering isos for the x86_64 and i386 DVD versions. Someone get these and start serving them on bittorrent! Yay!

所以，Fedora Core 5 已經正式發佈了。要當白老鼠的請趕快~~ :p

出處：digg

剛剛看到 "Five reasons why you should never use PostgreSQL -- ever" 文章，裡面提到：

Within the past two years, Oracle, IBM and Microsoft have all released freely available versions of their flagship database servers, a move that would have been unheard of just a few years ago. While their respective representatives would argue the move was made in order to better accommodate the needs of all users, it's fairly clear that continued pressure from open source alternatives such as MySQL and PostgreSQL have caused these database juggernauts to rethink their strategies within this increasingly competitive market.

While PostgreSQL's adoption rate continues to accelerate, some folks wonder why that rate isn't even steeper given its impressive array of features. One can speculate that many of the reasons for not considering its adoption tend to be based on either outdated or misinformed sources.

In an effort to dispel some of the FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) surrounding this impressive product, instead, I'll put forth several of the most commonplace reasons companies have for not investigating PostgreSQL further.

文章中提到不推薦使用 PostgreSQL 的理由如下：

• Reason #1: It doesn't run on Windows
• Reason #2: No professional development and administration tools
• Reason #3: PostgreSQL doesn't support my language
• Reason #4: There's nobody to blame when something goes wrong
• Reason #5: You (don't) get what you (don't) pay for

文中也逐一推翻上述的理由。

的確，我也不認為 Oracle、IBM 這些大公司的論點，畢竟 PostgreSQL 還是 OpenSource Database 中的首選。

出處：SearchOpenSource.com

不知道是真的假的，digg 上發佈了 "IBM Not To Use Vista - But Will Move to Linux Desktops" 這則新聞，裡頭提到：

Andreas Pleschek also told that IBM has canceled their contract with Microsoft as of October this year. That means that IBM will not use Windows Vista for their desktops. Beginning from July, IBM employees will begin using IBM Workplace on their new, Red Hat-based platform.

如果此事成真，那麼，Linux 的成功案例又多一個了。

出處：digg