Archive for category Free Software

1 Django Developer = 2 C# ASP.NET Developers

Python + Django vs. C# + ASP.NET: Productivity Showdown: Discussions and Conclusion Given our development processes we found the average productivity of a single Django developer to be equivalent to the output generated by two C# ASP.NET developers. Given equal-sized teams, Django allowed our developers to be twice as productive as our ASP.NET team. I [...]

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On being a minority

Here’s an item I was eloquently regaling the table with last night: After the whole Apple 3.3.1 “Can’t develop with non-approved toolchains” debacle a lot of people set up a Google Docs spreadsheet to list the tons of amazing apps that would be impacted by this rule change. There were calls for help all over twitter and [...]

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Matt Zimmerman on Mono

Interesting interview with Matt Zimmerman, Canonical CTO: UT: Richard M. Stallman had criticized Miguel de Icaza for his participation to Open Source Lab which has been founded by Microsoft. What do you think about that? And in the context of this subject how do you evaluate Mono Project. MZ: Miguel and I have met, but [...]

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A Deep Divide

Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of Linux Foundation, as quoted by LinuxPlanet on Apr 15, 2010: Could Google be the company they are today if they were written on [Microsoft's] .NET? Could Facebook? The answer is no, you need an open platform that you can own yourself, modify, customize and scale. Miguel de Icaza, on his [...]

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Lightworks to go Open Source?

EditShare recently announced they will be introducing Lightworks Open Source Program, a professional video editing software package. Best as I can interpret the press release, the move to Open Source will be gradual and will start with a free download later this year. It’s not 100% clear to me that this means they are releasing Lightworks [...]

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More on GPL and derivatives

More Nerds Argue Remember those Nerd Lawyers arguing over the GPL and plugins? Now there are some Nerd Professors arguing over the same thing. This blog is interesting because it contains a host of opinions, all well-stated. If I understand the consensus (such as it is), the answer to writing non-GPL plugins to a GPL [...]

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Site News: Testing identi.ca

I’m testing identi.ca and blog integration. I’m using thesourcedotcom on identi.ca, and trying the Network Publisher plugin. Rationale I’d like to see if announcing the blog content on a Social Networking site increases the reach of the site. I define “reach” as number of visits / comments / emails I get. I chose identi.ca because [...]

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