Novell in a two-part Fire Sale
The New York Post is reporting that Novell has “reached a deal in principle to sell itself in two parts” in the next month, culminating with Novell being de-listed. According to the Post, the breakdown is SUSE to a “strategic buyer” and the rest to a private-equity firm. Edited 17SEP2010: The Wall Street Journal is [...]
Shuttleworth: Defending Ubuntu
Posted by Jason in Free Software on September 15, 2010
Mark Shuttleworth has a very interesting blog posting, “Reflections on Ubuntu, Canonical, and the march to free software adoption” where he responds to the latest round of Ubuntu criticism. Free Software makes Ubuntu possible I’ll get straight to the main point: I appreciate the emphasis Mr. Shuttleworth makes on Free Software in his post, especially in [...]
“Free” as in Free Software
Posted by Jason in Free Software, Open Source on September 14, 2010
I’m constantly amused (and always slightly disappointed) when an Open Source proponent is dismissive of Free Software, or even worse, hostile towards Free Software. Team Apologista may harbor and encourage the worst of the group, but they are not the only ones. Just a methodology Consider this: if you think Open Source is “just a development methodology” and [...]
Software is Culture?
Posted by Jason in Free Software on September 9, 2010
Ran across an interesting by Nina Paley over on Techdirt, “Even ‘Free’ Culture Supporters Sometimes Have Difficulty Living Up To Their Own Principles” Ms Paley is the directory of the awesome Sita Sings the Blues, and an enthusiastic Free Culture activist – so I am quite interested in her take on Free Software. In her [...]
A newbie tries to install Ubuntu
One of the message boards I lurk on is The Straight Dope, a very interesting community where I dare say the representative member is a bit above average in intelligence, curiosity, and social graces. So it is with some interest I read “Give me a hand installing Ubuntu“, where a newcomer who wants to try [...]
Ubuntu Separatists
Out of the whole amusing Ubuntu-only Stack Exchange mess, I found one comment that I especially enjoyed: I’m sad that the Ubuntu separatists have chosen this. However, I see it as there own loss. They do not have the benefit of the experience of non-Ubuntu users. I myself have helped Ubuntu-ers in the past to do very [...]
Shuttleworth: Open Textbooks
Posted by Jason in Uncategorized on August 27, 2010
Mark Shuttleworth chimes in on the Open Textbook topic. “Open Textbooks” is a powerful idea; in some ways I think it even exceeds Free Software. “Open Source” has shown remarkable efficiency in the market, even to those antagonistic to the principles that make it so. If the idea of “Open” – and the more important, [...]
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