Archive for category Open Source
Open Source as viewed from MS
Posted by harrytuttle in Microsoft, Open Source on August 25, 2010
Just read this article to get an idea from MS’s own slideshow how they see OpenSource, and the only way they would love it exist: http://martin.iturbide.com/?page_id=114
OSFA Award Nominations Open
Posted by Jason in Open Source on August 11, 2010
Open Source for America has announced nominations are open for its inaugural Open Source Awards Program. There are 3 categories: Individual Contribution Open Source Project Open Source Government Deployment Rules and guidelines here, but the main point is that nominees should support OFSA’s mission: to effectuate changes in U.S. Federal government policies and practices so that [...]
OMG! Ignorant!
Posted by Jason in Linux, Open Source on August 9, 2010
So, Benjamin Humphrey of OMG! Ubuntu! and Ubuntu Manual team lead has a blog post he considers so brilliant he made sure it went out twice: “Dude, you’re a 35 year old with a neck beard“. Mr. Humphrey’s particular post is so chock-full of ignorance that it deserves a proper dissection. Let’s begin! [Edited to [...]
Ranking Google
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Linux, Open Source on August 6, 2010
Adam Williamson has a good series of “controversial crap” over on his blog, mainly discussing things related to the recent Red Hat/Canonical kerfuffle (but there are some other interesting bits as well). In his clarification post, this bit caught my attention: The reason I don’t complain much about Microsoft or Apple or Google is that I pretty [...]
RMS on Microsoft sponsorship
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Microsoft, Open Source on August 4, 2010
A Little Background eLiberatica is an “Open Source and Free Software” conference in Romania, sponsored by Microsoft. A Gentle Reader of this blog, Dan Serban, questioned this relationship and contacted Richard Stallman for his comments on such situations. Lucy, you’ve got some ‘splaining to do! eLiberatica Conference Chair Lucian Savluc has offered up “Some clarity about eLiberatica [...]
Rob Weir: The value of restricting choice
Posted by Jason in Microsoft, Open Source on July 28, 2010
Excellent and insightful article by Rob Weir. Lie. Lie Big. And Stick to It. One of the things Mr. Weir points out is that through a simple Google search, it’s easy to see how a troop of zombie “tech journalists”, bloggers, and astroturfers simply parrot Microsoft talking points – right down to the exact phrasing. (The [...]
Open Core: Andrew C. Oliver
Posted by Jason in Open Source on July 21, 2010
OSI Board Member Andrew C. Oliver on Open Core: “Open Core” has NOTHING to do with “Open Source”. Nearly all proprietary software, at this point, has various degrees of open source-licensed source code in its core. “Open Core” has none of the advantages of open source to the user and is merely a proprietary software [...]
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