When I look back on my childhood one of the things that I remember fondly is having free and easy access to books. My mother always made sure there were books in the house and, for a small country town, Kilkivan had well stocked community and school libraries. I could …

If you've ever listened to a Free Software bigot ranting about the evils of software patents, monopolies, and the like you might be forgiven for wondering what it's all about. Surely these are fringe views and there is not much to it for the bulk of us? One of the …