How does free software compete with commercial software ?

Thanks to Linux, free software are more and more used all over the world. They come to be competitors to the commercial software. After seeing the birth and the development of the free spirit, we will find distinctives of a free software. At last, we will see a few successes and the future of this mouvement.

The GNU project

Here are some links related to free software :

The GNU project (www.gnu.org);
Linux Online (www.linux.org);
AFUL (www.aful.org, in French);
APRIL (www.april.org, in French).

Author : Julien L.
Last update : June 2005