Do you Live in a Free Country?

“That as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.” — Benjamin Franklin

You may, but the software you run more then likely does not. If you want to know more about just how to escape the tyranny. Just read this interview: Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream,' says free software movement founder.

I just saw this whlie I was posting the above. GNU Free Call Announced. Free Call is a open VoIP software that may turn out to be the future. Programs like Skype right now seem free, but there owners could turn on us, of the product could be sold to a less friendly sort. and then where will be? Free Call may solve the problem.

And here is the real problem. On Apple's iOS 4.3, HTML5 and JavaScript apps are running significantly slower when they're run from the iPhone or iPad. This makes the apps sold at the Apple store, wherer Apple gets a 30% cut, Run much faster and thus are more desired. Then other apps that can run on many different platforms.