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   From: nomail@hotmail.com   
      
   On 6/6/24 18:54, Mike Easter wrote:   
   > Edmund wrote:   
   >> No idea what FOSS is other then yet again another abbreviation. :-)   
   >   
   > In defense of abbreviations;   
   >   
   >   - this is a linux group, and even 'beyond' linux I would have assumed   
   > that 'everyone' (everyone is never everyone just like never is almost   
   > never never) knew FOSS   
   >   - FOSS = free and open source software, where the meaning of 'free' is   
   > libre   
   >   - I'm someone who uses 'specific' abbreviations 'all the time' having   
   > their meaning defined in the same 'visual' context where the 'expanded'   
   > abbreviation is visible in the same context, eg using the initials of a   
   > familiar or recent msg poster eg BA could = Big Al   
   >   - if you don't recognize some abbreviation, particularly if you wish   
   > there were less of them, you should learn how to find out what one   
   > means, ranging from checking the wp to using a dictionary of acronyms   
   > and abbreviations   
   >   - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software   
   >   
      
   checking the "wp" you say?   
      
      
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