Bob Colayco: Microsoft pledges Allegiance to its fanbase. gamespot.com, 6. Februar 2004, archiviert vom Original; abgerufen am 22. Juli 2011 (englisch): „The release of the source code came in response to the enthusiasm of Allegiance’s small-but-dedicated fanbase. Microsoft’s Joel Dehlin commented that the development team has, „been amazed at the level to which some of the Allegiance fans have remained hard-core. We’re astounded at the progress that has been made at creating new factions, hosting new servers, replacing authentication, etc. It seems that Allegiance hasn’t really died. With that in mind, we’re releasing the Allegiance source code to the community.““
John Gallant: IBM policy draws fire – Users say source code rules hamper change.Computerworld, 18. März 1985, abgerufen am 27. Dezember 2015: „While IBM's policy of withholding source code for selected software products has already marked its second anniversary, users are only now beginning to cope with the impact of that decision. But whether or not the advent of object-code-only products has affected their day-to-day DP operations, some users remain angry about IBM's decision. Announced in February 1983, IBM's object-code-only policy has been applied to a growing list of Big Blue system software products“
ibm.com
www-03.ibm.com
Chronological History of IBM – 1960s.IBM, abgerufen am 12. November 2010: „Rather than offer hardware, services and software exclusively in packages, marketers "unbundled" the components and offered them for sale individually. Unbundling gave birth to the multibillion-dollar software and services industries, of which IBM is today a world leader“
Rob Landley: 23-05-2009. landley.net, 23. Mai 2009, abgerufen am 2. Dezember 2015: „So if open source used to be the norm back in the 1960's and 70's, how did this _change_? Where did proprietary software come from, and when, and how? How did Richard Stallman’s little utopia at the MIT AI lab crumble and force him out into the wilderness to try to rebuild it? Two things changed in the early 80's: the exponentially growing installed base of microcomputer hardware reached critical mass around 1980, and a legal decision altered copyright law to cover binaries in 1983. Increasing volume: The microprocessor creates millions of identical computers“
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Williams, Sam: Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman’s Crusade for Free Software. O’Reilly Media, 2002, ISBN 0-596-00287-4. Chapter 1. Available under the GFDL in both the initial O’Reilly edition and the updated FAIFzilla edition (Memento vom 9. Oktober 2018 im Internet Archive) Beide abgerufen am 27. Oktober 2006.
History of Leasing. leasegenie.com, archiviert vom Original am 11. April 2008; abgerufen am 12. November 2010: „In the 1960s, IBM and Xerox recognized that substantial sums could be made from the financing of their equipment. The leasing of computer and office equipment that occurred then was a significant contribution to leasings growth, since many companies were exposed to equipment leasing for the first time when they leased such equipment“
Bob Colayco: Microsoft pledges Allegiance to its fanbase. gamespot.com, 6. Februar 2004, archiviert vom Original; abgerufen am 22. Juli 2011 (englisch): „The release of the source code came in response to the enthusiasm of Allegiance’s small-but-dedicated fanbase. Microsoft’s Joel Dehlin commented that the development team has, „been amazed at the level to which some of the Allegiance fans have remained hard-core. We’re astounded at the progress that has been made at creating new factions, hosting new servers, replacing authentication, etc. It seems that Allegiance hasn’t really died. With that in mind, we’re releasing the Allegiance source code to the community.““
History of Leasing. leasegenie.com, archiviert vom Original am 11. April 2008; abgerufen am 12. November 2010: „In the 1960s, IBM and Xerox recognized that substantial sums could be made from the financing of their equipment. The leasing of computer and office equipment that occurred then was a significant contribution to leasings growth, since many companies were exposed to equipment leasing for the first time when they leased such equipment“
Williams, Sam: Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman’s Crusade for Free Software. O’Reilly Media, 2002, ISBN 0-596-00287-4. Chapter 1. Available under the GFDL in both the initial O’Reilly edition and the updated FAIFzilla edition (Memento vom 9. Oktober 2018 im Internet Archive) Beide abgerufen am 27. Oktober 2006.
Interview with Richard Stallman. In: GNU/LAS s20e10.Linux action show, 11. März 2012, abgerufen am 22. August 2014 (englisch): „RMS: I’m not gone to claim that I got a way to make it easier to raise money to pay people who write free software. We all know, that to some extent there are ways to do that, but we all know that they are limited, they are not as broad as we would like.“
