Archive for category Uncategorized
Bruce Byfield on GNOME and GNU
Posted by Jason in Uncategorized on December 18, 2009
I’m a bit of a fan of Bruce Byfield’s writing and he gives his take on the (now-dying) GNOME/GNU tempest in a teapot.
Following up on the GNOME/GNU fiasco
Posted by Jason in Uncategorized on December 16, 2009
Just a few follow-up bits on the GNOME/GNU split story. Misrepresentin’ It’s always sadly amusing to me that people insist on (maliciously?) twisting and misrepresenting RMS. They try it in comments here (and all around) the intertubes, and even on the very mailing list in which he participates: Richard, as a GNOME member, suggested that we [...]
The Closed Source Detour
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Propriatery Technology, Uncategorized on November 4, 2009
The trend of late for almost every IT-related company is to embrace “Open”. Companies are virtually falling all over themselves to show how “open” they are. It’s funny (and a bit rewarding) to watch, but it does present a real problem to many companies: how to pretend to be open when you really, really, want to stay “closed”? [...]
On Mono and Samba
Posted by Jason in Novell, Uncategorized on October 19, 2009
Mono apologists love to downplay concerns through poor analogies. One extremely common – and highly flawed – favorite is to compare Mono to Samba.
Codeplex Foundation Motivations Revealed
Posted by Jason in Uncategorized on September 25, 2009
Microsoft man Sam Ramji reveals some of the Codeplex Foundation’s motivations.
Recent Comments