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07-05-2004, 05:02 PM
Knowing Their Politics by the Software They Use
By STEVE LOHR
Published: July 5, 2004
In a campaign season of polarization, when Republicans and Democrats seem far apart on issues like Iraq, the economy and leadership style, it is perhaps not surprising that the parties find themselves on different sides in the politics of software as well.
The Web sites of Senator John Kerry and the Democratic National Committee run mainly on the technology of the computing counterculture: open-source software that is distributed free, and improved and debugged by far-flung networks of programmers.
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In the other corner, the Web sites of President Bush and the Republican National Committee run on software supplied by the corporate embodiment of big business - Microsoft.
Full Story (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/05/technology/05systems.html?ex=1246766400&en=269f1a83d00e9e51&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland)
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Learn from the mistakes of others, you won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.
By STEVE LOHR
Published: July 5, 2004
In a campaign season of polarization, when Republicans and Democrats seem far apart on issues like Iraq, the economy and leadership style, it is perhaps not surprising that the parties find themselves on different sides in the politics of software as well.
The Web sites of Senator John Kerry and the Democratic National Committee run mainly on the technology of the computing counterculture: open-source software that is distributed free, and improved and debugged by far-flung networks of programmers.
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In the other corner, the Web sites of President Bush and the Republican National Committee run on software supplied by the corporate embodiment of big business - Microsoft.
Full Story (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/05/technology/05systems.html?ex=1246766400&en=269f1a83d00e9e51&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland)
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Learn from the mistakes of others, you won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.