Saturday, July 23, 2005
LinuxWorld | Financial companies lead Linux charge
LinuxWorld | Financial companies lead Linux charge: "So LVM customized Linux to meet its needs. Finally tiring of maintaining the software, LVM is now planning to move 7,700 Linux clients to Red Hat Inc.'s supported desktop distribution, Strelow says."
Salon.com Technology | Buy Linux. It's the law
Salon.com Technology | Buy Linux. It's the law: "'If the state of California is saying [to Microsoft], you are a monopolist and you are hurting the people of California,' Pennington says, 'its purchasing policy should be in line with that.'"
Open-Source Investment Begins to Pay
Open-Source Investment Begins to Pay: "Opinion: Venture capitalists are giving open-source businesses a multimillion-dollar twirl; care to follow their lead?"
Friday, July 22, 2005
Blog This: � Is open source communication possible? | Open Source | ZDNet.com
Blog This: � Is open source communication possible? | Open Source | ZDNet.com
Is open source communication possible? by ZDNet's Dana Blankenhorn -- Our own George Ou has a long item up today questioning whether WiMax can deliver its promises of true open source communication.He will get no argument from me. It's very possible I've been laboring under great misapprehension, and that so have many WiFi advocates. If WiMax can't get frequencies cleared it can't fulfill its potential, [...]
NASA Ames Research Center OpenSource
NASA Ames Research Center OpenSource: "NASA conducts research and development in software and software technology as an essential response to the needs of NASA missions. Under the NASA Software Release policy, NASA has several options for the release of NASA developed software technologies. These options now include Open Source software release. This option is under the NASA Open Source Agreement 'NOSA'."
GnuCash - Open Source Accounting Software
GnuCash - Open Source Accounting Software: "If you've been looking for a way to manage your personal or business finances using Free Software, you've found it!"
Sun to Liberate (More) Source Code?
Sun to Liberate (More) Source Code?: "Last month, Sun Microsystems released the source code of its Solaris operating system to the general public in an attempt to increase community interest. Now they are at it again, with a far more ambitious plan. Sun COO Jonathan Schwartz has announced that the company plans to offer all of it's software for free."
HP Propelling Linux Into Truly 'Big' Time - Yahoo! News
HP Propelling Linux Into Truly 'Big' Time - Yahoo! News: "They include everything from how to potentially get Linux running on NonStop to taking the 200 open-source projects that run on NonStop and turning that into 2,000 open-source projects running on NonStop.
There's a variety of other activities we think are interesting and will bring a lot of enterprise-class credibility to Linux and open source."
There's a variety of other activities we think are interesting and will bring a lot of enterprise-class credibility to Linux and open source."
\'The future is open source\' - ZDNet UK News
\'The future is open source\' - ZDNet UK News: "In the next five to 10 years, the open source movement will transform the software business, according to several top industry executives speaking at the AO 2005 Innovation Summit at Stanford University."
Thursday, July 21, 2005
BBC NEWS | Business | What Myspace means to Murdoch
BBC NEWS | Business | What Myspace means to Murdoch: "But he had no doubt that radical change was coming, and that it was inevitable."
LaptopMission - Ubuntu UDU Wiki
LaptopMission - Ubuntu UDU Wiki: "In 2005 we want Ubuntu to have perfect support for all of the laptops currently on sale from the following manufacturers:
IBM, Toshiba, Dell, HP"
IBM, Toshiba, Dell, HP"
Copyright and the law | Rip. Mix. Burn. | Economist.com
Copyright and the law | Rip. Mix. Burn. | Economist.com: "A first, useful step would be a drastic reduction of copyright back to its original terms—14 years, renewable once."
I LIKE IT, and from The Economist too ;-)
I LIKE IT, and from The Economist too ;-)
TECTONIC: Kenyan university to offer Linux training
TECTONIC: Kenyan university to offer Linux training: "Kenyan company Circuits & Packets Communications (C&P) last week signed a deal with Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) to offer advanced GNU-Linux training at the university. The training will begin in August 2005. "
Schwarzenegger the new Torvalds? - Government & Law - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
Schwarzenegger the new Torvalds? - Government & Law - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com: "The proposals appear in a lengthy report from the California Performance Review Commission, charged by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with figuring out how to make state government work better and cheaper.
Among the ideas in the panel's $32bn cost-cutting recommendations: favouring open source software over proprietary alternatives for new IT purchases."
Among the ideas in the panel's $32bn cost-cutting recommendations: favouring open source software over proprietary alternatives for new IT purchases."
TECTONIC: Ugandan Linux guide to be used at Cape access points
TECTONIC: Ugandan Linux guide to be used at Cape access points: "'The book builds on our experiences at Uganda Martyrs University in Nkozi, Uganda,' says Van Reijswoud. 'This is the first university in Africa that had the courage to migrate its client desktops to free and open source software."
Congratulation Uganda!
Congratulation Uganda!
The VoIP Bicycle - Softpedia
The VoIP Bicycle - Softpedia: "The bicycle-powered system brings not just VoIP but also e-mail and Web browsing to remote areas, using a combination of Linux and the Asterisk open source PBX., and uses Wi-Fi networking to route traffic to a central hub with existing phone infrastructure, with a range as far as 100 miles."
Pedal Power For VoIP Minutes: A Third-World digital divide solution? | IP Telephony | ZDNet.com
Pedal Power For VoIP Minutes: A Third-World digital divide solution? by ZDNet's Russell Shaw -- There's a lot of buzz in the blogosphere about "VoIP on a Bike," a Linux-powered VoIP system that gives a user one hour of VoIP access time for every 15 minutes of pedalling power. The concept is, by pedaling, you generate enough power to run the digital devices you are accessing VoIP- or other Internet [...]
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
SCO: Fish or Cut Bait
SCO: Fish or Cut Bait: "Opinion: Recently unveiled memos suggest that there is no 'there' in SCO's Linux IP claims and make you wonder if SCO can survive suit by Red Hat. "
IMO: Possible the beginning on the end for SCO.
IMO: Possible the beginning on the end for SCO.
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
The Linux Beacon--Debian Linux to Get Down to Business?
The Linux Beacon--Debian Linux to Get Down to Business?: "It is not a coincidence that the City of Munich in Germany has created its LiMux variant on Debian, and nor is it a coincidence that the city of Extremadura in Spain has created its own LinEx variant on Debian, either. Murdock is on to something, and that something is called mass customization."
MyADSL: Broadband Internet Community
MyADSL: Broadband Internet Community: "Satellite delivered WiMax and xMax are both possible options for rural areas in South Africa that currently struggle to get Internet access. Another more accessible means of broadband delivery to these areas is BPL (broadband over powerlines).
With all these new technologies and possibilities South Africa should in theory be able to have Internet access across the nation."
With all these new technologies and possibilities South Africa should in theory be able to have Internet access across the nation."
Optaros Opens European Headquarters in Switzerland; Open Source Software Consulting Firm to Share Expertise Globally; Frederic Weill to Manage Europea
Optaros Opens European Headquarters in Switzerland; Open Source Software Consulting Firm to Share Expertise Globally; Frederic Weill to Manage European Operations: "Weill said one of his first initiatives is to tap low-cost software engineering expertise from Eastern Europe and Asia. He will also help Optaros tap into the many 'communities' of software developers who collaborate on open source software projects, many of which are based in Europe."
Cost is key in choice of open source or Windows
Cost is key in choice of open source or Windows: "Gartner vice-president Andy Butler said that open source operating systems, such as enterprise Linux, offer users a strong alternative to Microsoft Windows, and will soon be on a par with it in terms of scalability and security.
Consolidation on open source products has attracted organisations as diverse as European financial services giant MLP Group and the UK's De Montfort University."
Consolidation on open source products has attracted organisations as diverse as European financial services giant MLP Group and the UK's De Montfort University."
IICD - International Institute for Communication and Development - Introduction
IICD - International Institute for Communication and Development - Introduction: "The International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) assists developing countries to realise locally owned sustainable development by harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs). IICD works with its partner organisations in selected countries, helping local stakeholders to assess the potential uses of ICTs in development. "
GreenNet - Networking for the Environment, Peace, Human Rights and Development
GreenNet - Networking for the Environment, Peace, Human Rights and Development: "GreenNet supports a progressive community working for Peace, the Environment, Gender Equality and Social Justice, through the use of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)."
Fantsuam Foundation
header: "Poverty alleviation is our goal through a multi sectoral approach. Our basic objective is to empower women in rural areas of the country to work their ways out of poverty, promoting the use of ICT in support of traditional Governance in rural development, education, rural-urban-rural and rural-rural connectivity, eCommerce, IT transfer for the manufacture of tropical solar-powered computers in our rural areas, accessibility. These are just a few of what we do."
Balancing Act News Update - African internet developments
Balancing Act News Update - African internet developments: "A chip capable of delivering 45 mbps can be used at this layer and a new one is being built that could give 200 mbps'.
Although the test was attended by a number of people including Government, the regulator and Ghana Telecom, it was primarily designed to show the technology to the Electricity Corporation of Ghana."
Although the test was attended by a number of people including Government, the regulator and Ghana Telecom, it was primarily designed to show the technology to the Electricity Corporation of Ghana."
CATIA - Catalysing Access to ICT in Africa
CATIA - Welcome: "The Catalysing Access to ICT in Africa (CATIA) programme aims to enable poor people in Africa to gain maximum benefit from the opportunities offered by Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and to act as a strong catalyst for reform"
PANOS LONDON New technology in satellite communication
PANOS LONDON > ONLINE - GLOBAL THEMES - Toolkit | Brief 2: "Now a cheap and easy way of receiving satellite signals could revolutionise communication in remote areas of Africa. So why aren’t African governments rushing to adopt this new VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminals) technology?
This briefing explains what’s behind VSAT, and the legal and policy changes that are needed to bring it to Africa’s poor and rural people. It aims to equip journalists with the information they need to question policymakers and to explain the issues to the public."
This briefing explains what’s behind VSAT, and the legal and policy changes that are needed to bring it to Africa’s poor and rural people. It aims to equip journalists with the information they need to question policymakers and to explain the issues to the public."
TECTONIC: IP, free software and patents in the African spotlight
TECTONIC: IP, free software and patents in the African spotlight: "An online discussion aimed at raising awareness of critical issues around intellectual property rights for Africa and to provide an overview of existing legal processes and tools will begin this week and run until August 21. On the agenda will be free software, copyleft alternatives to traditional property rights and pretecting indigenous knowledge, among others. "
California Researchers Offer Open-Source Platform To Speed Wireless Development
California Researchers Offer Open-Source Platform To Speed Wireless Development: "'It's important that students get hands-on experience,' said Ramesh Rao, Calit2's division director at UCSD. 'With CalRadio, they can try out all their wireless networking dreams and visions on a real working box that is software configurable.' "
UC taps Linux-friendly music/video download service to reduce copyright violations
UC taps Linux-friendly music/video download service to reduce copyright violations: "Hoping to stem the tide of students freely sharing copyrighted content over campus networks, the University of California (UC) system has selected a music and video service that supports Windows, Mac OS, and Linux to provide music and video downloads for its approximately 200,000 student population"
Monday, July 18, 2005
Linux in Government: Outside the US, People Get It | Linux Journal
Linux in Government: Outside the US, People Get It | Linux Journal: "With it, you can discover the simplicity of setting up assembly lines for inexpensive computer parts from China. You also will discover that Linux can make the job of manufacturing such systems even simpler."
Sunday, July 17, 2005
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click Online | New life in Africa for old PCs
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click Online | New life in Africa for old PCs: "We've reached the point where we've got more computers than we have organisations to distribute them to, so our priority is to identify new organisations in developing countries that can receive and distribute high volumes of computers."
Saturday, July 16, 2005
Friday, July 15, 2005
BBC NEWS | Technology | Co-opting the creative revolution
BBC NEWS | Technology | Co-opting the creative revolution: "Institutions will come under increasing degrees of pressures and the more rigid they are, the more pressures they will come under."
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Linux and Windows security neck and neck - vnunet.com
Linux and Windows security neck and neck - vnunet.com: "John Engates, chief technology officer at managed hosting company Rackspace, which offers both Linux and Windows hosted servers, said: 'If you think about where you get Linux talent it's in the younger generation.
'Linux has a slight advantage in that computer science students are learning it, but Microsoft has made life easier for non-techies, particularly with its improved patches.'"
'Linux has a slight advantage in that computer science students are learning it, but Microsoft has made life easier for non-techies, particularly with its improved patches.'"
NanoHorizons
NanoHorizons: "New photovoltaic devices utilizing NanoHorizons' technology can be manufactured with lower-quality materials on high-throughput production lines that use rollers and coating/spraying machines. "
Nano-graphite may store H2 gas
Nano-graphite may store H2 gas: "Graphite films only nanometers or billionths of a meter thick could help store hydrogen in an inexpensive, easily manufactured, lightweight and nontoxic manner, an international team of scientists told UPI's Nano World."
Jerusalem Post | Breaking News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World
Jerusalem Post | Breaking News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World: "'Our dream is that one day a family in Africa can walk into their corner store, buy a solar sheet and install a system that will give them electricity the same day,' Waimann emphasizes. 'When our technology works, it will allow access to clean, cheap electricity for the billion people who don't have it now.'"
PCWorld.com - Mobile Phone Fuel Cells Coming in 2007
PCWorld.com - Mobile Phone Fuel Cells Coming in 2007: "The Toshiba version is bigger, at 4.5 inches by 4.4 inches by 1 inch, and the prototype weighs 8.8 ounces, about twice the weight of a typical Japanese-model third-generation mobile phone. But size brings power in Toshiba's case: A 0.7-ounce vial of fuel can deliver 20 hours of power, he said."
Voice-to-Voice Translation Machine Perfects Bedside Manner
Voice-to-Voice Translation Machine Perfects Bedside Manner: "The Transonics system runs on a laptop computer using the Linux operating system. Doctor and patient both wear headphones with attached microphones. A small keypad connected to the computer speeds and simplifies certain routine commands - switching from doctor mode to patient mode, for example."
Fugleinfluensa
Dr�bervirus - 22.02. 2005
Det går an å skaffe medisin som kan vere greit å ha i tilfelle mutering. Då kan ein få hastverk og det kan verte trongt om plassen utanfor apoteka, kanskje smittefarleg også. Sjekk Reiseklinikken.no for å få den på resept i tilfelle du vil vere føre var.
Det går an å skaffe medisin som kan vere greit å ha i tilfelle mutering. Då kan ein få hastverk og det kan verte trongt om plassen utanfor apoteka, kanskje smittefarleg også. Sjekk Reiseklinikken.no for å få den på resept i tilfelle du vil vere føre var.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
The Ubuntu Foundation and Debian | Open Source | ZDNet.com
� The Ubuntu Foundation and Debian | Open Source | ZDNet.com: "In fact, as open source and Linux become more and more accepted in the mainstream, I think there will be a shift away from a vendor-controlled Linux distros like Red Hat and SUSE and towards a single standard. Debian seems ideally-suited to provide that standard, whether one wishes to use standard Debian, or another flavor of Linux based on Debian."
IMO: We already see this trend with Munich, Vienna and a county of Spain is migrating to Debian based distros because they dont want vendor lock-in.
Debian has almost 16 000 readied software packages easy to install for free, plus the important social contract just like Debian based Ubuntu. Mandriva, TurboLinux and Progency is now working on a Debian based entreprise Linux too. Anyway, Linux is Linux is Linux, the Linux kernel is what ensure the compatibility anyway.
IMO: We already see this trend with Munich, Vienna and a county of Spain is migrating to Debian based distros because they dont want vendor lock-in.
Debian has almost 16 000 readied software packages easy to install for free, plus the important social contract just like Debian based Ubuntu. Mandriva, TurboLinux and Progency is now working on a Debian based entreprise Linux too. Anyway, Linux is Linux is Linux, the Linux kernel is what ensure the compatibility anyway.
Monday, July 11, 2005
Meraka Institute - Wireless Africa
Meraka Institute - Wireless Africa: "The challenge faced by many African countries is how to harness the power of ICTs in order to fight poverty and improve the quality of life of all people. Many initiatives have been implemented but failed due to lack of or poor connectivity.
The FM/FI project seeks to address this shortcoming by innovating different ways of providing connectivity to the user (First Mile) and streamlining the interface between the user and the computer (First Inch). This will include a range of First mile technologies including WiFi, power line communications (PLCs) and mesh networks and Fist Inch technologies such as IVR, Voice messaging and HLT."
The FM/FI project seeks to address this shortcoming by innovating different ways of providing connectivity to the user (First Mile) and streamlining the interface between the user and the computer (First Inch). This will include a range of First mile technologies including WiFi, power line communications (PLCs) and mesh networks and Fist Inch technologies such as IVR, Voice messaging and HLT."
Meraka Institute - Wireless Africa
Meraka Institute - Wireless Africa: "Small, self-constructed antennas made from locally available material and connected to a low-cost WiFi card plugged into a computer. The innovative “home-brew” antenna, which uses a coffee tin and a section of bicycle spoke soldered into a special connector, can connect to anther point with a similar antenna 10km away. This allows local connectivity comparable to that of commercially available antennas."
Meraka Institute - Digital Doorway
Meraka Institute - Digital Doorway: "MIE differs fundamentally from other ICT provision interventions in that it holds that everyone has the inherent cognitive ability to teach themselves, provided computers can be made easily accessible to potential learners and an environment can be created in which they can learn through experimenting."
The "hole in the wall project" in India has showed that children in the slum learn by themselves to browse with a computer within 24 hours without any adult intervention.
The "hole in the wall project" in India has showed that children in the slum learn by themselves to browse with a computer within 24 hours without any adult intervention.
TECTONIC: Scientists go back to school to learn about free software
TECTONIC: Scientists go back to school to learn about free software: "Our aim is for Africa to become a respected and sought-after source of contributors to free and open source software, and a living example of extreme progress on account of the associated culture of collaboration and sharing for the common good.'"
Sunday, July 10, 2005
PCWorld.com - Computing Without Windows
PCWorld.com - Computing Without Windows: "You don't have to run Microsoft's omnipresent OS--it just seems that way. What's in it for you if you try an alternative?"
Teknoseier til forbrukerne- Aftenposten.no
Teknoseier til forbrukerne- Aftenposten.no: "SAKEN GRIPER RETT INN i en av v�r tids vanskeligste - og vesentligste - teknopolitiske saker. Det handler om hvem skal ha retten til grunnleggende programvare som med tiden vil brukes av verdens befolkning p�daglig basis."
Friday, July 08, 2005
Shuttleworth, Canonical launch US$10m Ubuntu Foundation
Tectonic -- Linux and open source news: "'It's important for us to distinguish the philanthropic and non-commercial work that is at the heart of the Ubuntu project, from the commercial support and certification programs that are the focus of Canonical,' said Mark Shuttleworth, who is founder of the project and is making the initial $10m commitment to the Foundation. "
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Opera and Trolltech Enter Strategic Partnership: New ZTE Smartphone Built on Qtopia/Linux Platform with Opera Web Browser
Opera and Trolltech Enter Strategic Partnership: New ZTE Smartphone Built on Qtopia/Linux Platform with Opera Web Browser: "Opera and Trolltech Enter Strategic Partnership: New ZTE Smartphone Built on Qtopia/Linux Platform with Opera Web Browser"
Eyeing an Opening for Open-Source - Computerworld
Eyeing an Opening for Open-Source - Computerworld: "But on one recent Monday, I snapped to attention when my boss, the IT chief for our agency, said that he had informed the agency's administrator that we would be going the open-source route on a number of fronts to increase efficiency, productivity and cost savings."
Author of Linux Patent Study Says Ballmer Got It Wrong
Author of Linux Patent Study Says Ballmer Got It Wrong: "'Consider this—not a single open-source software program has ever been sued for patent infringement, much less been found to infringe. On the contrary, proprietary software, like Windows, is sued and found guilty of patent infringement quite frequently.'"
Author of Linux Patent Study Says Ballmer Got It Wrong
Author of Linux Patent Study Says Ballmer Got It Wrong: "'Microsoft is up to its usual FUD [fear, uncertainty and doubt],' said Dan Ravicher, author of the study Microsoft cites, who is an attorney and executive director of PUBPAT (the Public Patent Foundation)."
EU Rejects Controversial Software Patents Proposal
EU Rejects Controversial Software Patents Proposal: "Florian Mueller, a software developer and one of the most outspoken campaigners against the directive, said the rejection was a relief. 'What I'm most angry about is the fact that the Commission and most country governments lied to the people of Europe about the purpose of this directive,' he told eWEEK.com."
Unfortunately, the EU-politicians and EU-buraucrats LIES to their own people, just like BUSH LIES about weapon of mass destruction. I would go so far as to say that EU has become a banana republic just like the USA, who support creationism and anti-homosexual propaganda for little school children to dumb down people.
Unfortunately, the EU-politicians and EU-buraucrats LIES to their own people, just like BUSH LIES about weapon of mass destruction. I would go so far as to say that EU has become a banana republic just like the USA, who support creationism and anti-homosexual propaganda for little school children to dumb down people.
Software patent directive rejected - ZDNet UK News
Software patent directive rejected - ZDNet UK News: "'This result clearly shows that thorough analysis, genuinely concerned citizens and factual information have more impact than free ice-cream, boatloads of hired lobbyists and outsourcing threats,' said Jonas Maebe, a spokesman for the FFII."
HURRA! HURRA! HURRA!
This is not only important for the economic growth that will benefit the citizens of Europe, it is of extreme importance for the DEVELOPING WORLD so they can build up their own knowledge societies without beeing a colony. The world is indebted to the FFII and Free Software Foundation and thousands or millions of other people struggeling for freedom in the knowledge era!
HURRA! HURRA! HURRA!
This is not only important for the economic growth that will benefit the citizens of Europe, it is of extreme importance for the DEVELOPING WORLD so they can build up their own knowledge societies without beeing a colony. The world is indebted to the FFII and Free Software Foundation and thousands or millions of other people struggeling for freedom in the knowledge era!
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
FT.com / World - EU parliament set to drop software directive
FT.com / World - EU parliament set to drop software directive: "The European parliament is on Wednesday expected to strike down plans for a controversial new patent regime for the software industry, a move that would draw a line under one of the most bitterly fought legislative projects in recent European Union history."
Vienna starts desktop Linux migration - ZDNet UK News
Vienna starts desktop Linux migration - ZDNet UK News: "The Austrian capital city of Vienna kicked off its soft migration to open source software on the desktop on Tuesday.
Vienna town councillor Rudi Schicker presented the city's bespoke Linux distribution, known as Wienux, at a press conference."
Vienna town councillor Rudi Schicker presented the city's bespoke Linux distribution, known as Wienux, at a press conference."
Monday, July 04, 2005
Open bibliographic and cataloging standards and software
Open bibliographic and cataloging standards and software: "With the proliferation of robust and powerful open source software, the Internet, and standardization on XML data formats, there are unprecedented opportunities for the collection and management of information. Given the greatly increased access to information in the Internet era, metadata — in essence, information about information — becomes all the more essential. For scholars and researchers, among the most essential metadata is bibliographic. Being able to reliably store, find, use and communicate bibliographic data is a basic need of academic research. And yet the state of bibliographic software is largely stuck in the 1980s."
This was written in april 2004, and a lot has happened since then. Hopefully the OpenOffice 3.0 will have the right bibliographical tool.
This was written in april 2004, and a lot has happened since then. Hopefully the OpenOffice 3.0 will have the right bibliographical tool.
bibliographic: Bibliographic Project Homepage Open Office
bibliographic: Bibliographic Project Homepage: "When will this wonderful facility be available ? new !Bibliographic enhancements are planned to be included in OpenOffice version 3.0."
darcusblog � [ANN] XBib
darcusblog � [ANN] XBib: "Time to finally announce the stuff I’ve been working on …
XBib provides important building blocks for dramatically improved bibliographic and citation support in XML. The project consists of three key pieces:"
XBib provides important building blocks for dramatically improved bibliographic and citation support in XML. The project consists of three key pieces:"
Financial Express
Financial Express: "Despite the TRIPS attempt to strike a balance between the long term social objective of providing incentives for future inventions and creation, it is likely to stifle basic research while encouraging the commercialisation stages which benefit advanced industrialised countries which have the capacity to innovate on a continuous basis. "
Very very good article! Recommended reading.
Very very good article! Recommended reading.
Techworld.com - Norwegian government backs open source
Techworld.com - Norwegian government backs open source: "Norwegian Minister for Modernisation Morton Andreas Meyer is asking all government institutions to have a plan for the use of open-source software by the end of 2006.
Without referring specifically to Microsoft Meyer, who is responsible for the Norwegian government's IT policy, said that 'proprietary formats will no longer be acceptable in communication between citizens and government.'"
Without referring specifically to Microsoft Meyer, who is responsible for the Norwegian government's IT policy, said that 'proprietary formats will no longer be acceptable in communication between citizens and government.'"
Sunday, July 03, 2005
An open letter to the open source community
An open letter to the open source community: "We end users are happy with the way the open source movement is progressing. With Linux now a stable operating system worthy of mainstream deployments, we've begun looking up the stack to see where else open source can fit in our data centers."
Open Conference Systems
PKP @ SFU: Demos and Downloads: "What is Open Conference Systems?
Open Conference Systems (OCS) is a free Web publishing tool that will create a complete Web presence for your scholarly conference. It has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project at the University of British Columbia to improve the scholarly and public quality of research online. OCS will allow you to:
* create a conference Web site
* compose and send a call for papers
* electronically accept paper and abstract submissions
* allow paper submitters to edit their work
* post conference proceedings and papers in a searchable format
* post, if you wish, the original data sets
* register participants
* integrate post-conference online discussions
"
Open Conference Systems (OCS) is a free Web publishing tool that will create a complete Web presence for your scholarly conference. It has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project at the University of British Columbia to improve the scholarly and public quality of research online. OCS will allow you to:
* create a conference Web site
* compose and send a call for papers
* electronically accept paper and abstract submissions
* allow paper submitters to edit their work
* post conference proceedings and papers in a searchable format
* post, if you wish, the original data sets
* register participants
* integrate post-conference online discussions
"
BBC NEWS | Technology | Global raids target piracy gangs
BBC NEWS | Technology | Global raids target piracy gangs: "Suspected internet pirates in 11 countries have been raided in a global operation against illegal distributors of movies, games and software."
Why be a pirat when the best software is free??? The mass think that when a product get a price it is because it has a higher quality compared to the product that is free. Many people say that the bottled water in shops taste better than other water, try it on blind tests.
Why be a pirat when the best software is free??? The mass think that when a product get a price it is because it has a higher quality compared to the product that is free. Many people say that the bottled water in shops taste better than other water, try it on blind tests.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Google maps shows the way forward
BBC NEWS | Technology | Google maps shows the way forward: "Instead of thinking about making a few thousand pounds here and there from licensing, they could add millions to the economy by providing real-time traffic congestion information to commuters on an open platform with an open API."
Saturday, July 02, 2005
WiMAX aims to stretch wireless farther
WiMAX aims to stretch wireless farther: "'It will allow other nations to engage more effectively where they were before constrained,' Phillips said. 'India and China already have a huge push going for them already,' but the biggest changes will be in Latin America and Africa, which are still catching up."
The day the world united … the day the work really started - [Sunday Herald]
The day the world united … the day the work really started - [Sunday Herald]: "After the concerts we all have a responsibility to pressure those we elected to office to agitate for real change, to show that there will be consequences if the expressed wishes of millions are once again ignored. If we turn our heads and walk away, if we move on to the next fashionable cause, the next cool wristband, then we will have failed just as badly as the G8 leaders."
Economist's View
Economist's View: "IBM's success in the mid-1960s led to inquiries as to IBM antitrust violations by the U.S. Department of Justice, which filed a complaint ... in ... 1969.' Was Marshall right? My own view follows Keynes, 'In the long-run we're all dead,' and I would prefer more vigilance against market power in the short-run than is currently in vogue among regulators."
My opinion: I agree.
My opinion: I agree.
Linux moves into midrange Motorola phones | CNET News.com
Linux moves into midrange Motorola phones | CNET News.com: "Motorola announced a new step this week in its plan to remake most of its mobile phone line with Linux, expanding use of the open-source operating system to midrange phones."
TCS: Tech Central Station - Joke on the Water
TCS: Tech Central Station - Joke on the Water: "One of the least sexy of Geneva's many institutions is the World Intellectual Property Organization, or WIPO for short (but not for long in francophone Geneva, where it is better to call it by its French acronym, OMPI). Despite its inherent air of bureaucracy and diplomatic tranquility, it's worth taking a look at this institution because it is at risk of being hijacked by an alliance of special interests who, though they promise to help the world's poorest nations, will hurt all nations, rich or poor, if they succeed."
Copyright & YOU - Richard Stallman to Visit Montreal - CMAQ
Copyright & YOU - Richard Stallman to Visit Montreal - CMAQ: "Flanked by several other speakers from the field, Stallman will talk about copyright, 'intellectual property', and digital freedom in an age of mounting corporate pressure on governments and populations worldwide. "
Further copyright policy suggestions on how to Make Poverty History. | Digital Copyright Canada
Further copyright policy suggestions on how to Make Poverty History. | Digital Copyright Canada: "'every license for Office plus Windows in Brazil - a country in which 22 million people are starving - means we have to export 60 sacks of soybeans'."
More and more people have discovered the link between software, development in the third world, climate change, USA-Europe-led intellectual property legislation in the WTO.
Brazil is burning forest in and extreme tempo because to produce soybeans for the USA is one of few possibilities to make money.
More and more people have discovered the link between software, development in the third world, climate change, USA-Europe-led intellectual property legislation in the WTO.
Brazil is burning forest in and extreme tempo because to produce soybeans for the USA is one of few possibilities to make money.
Friday, July 01, 2005
Google Hush-Hush Project Searches Subscription Content � MarketingVOX
Google Hush-Hush Project Searches Subscription Content � MarketingVOX: "Google is testing a search service that will access 'Deep Web' content, providing searchers with free previews of restricted or subscription content, reports BetaNews (via paidcontent). The service is being tested with a few sites, which are under confidentiality agreements, but apparently one of them is singing like a canary. 'Premium content will be indexed and tagged as paid, and will be displayed in a special content area on the right side of Google's search results, underneath the AdSense advertising links,' according to the report."
Comparing security on Windows and Linux
Comparing security on Windows and Linux: "Recent U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) vulnerability metrics reported 250 episodes for Microsoft Windows, 39 of these having a severity rating of 40 or greater. With Red Hat Linux there were only 46 episodes, of which only with only 3 scored over 40. There are thousands of reports that compare the two operating systems but reports like this by an independent government body, on the relative number of critical flaws between them, should be given greatest consideration."
Model Credit Bureau Open Source Solution Being Tested in Morocco
Model Credit Bureau Open Source Solution Being Tested in Morocco: "Casablanca, Morocco (PRWEB) July 1, 2005 -- PlaNet Finance Maroc (Morocco) and Grameen Foundation USA (GFUSA) today announced a joint initiative to develop a software package for creating a credit bureau for microfinance borrowers. This innovative program, when implemented, will allow poor borrowers in Morocco to establish a credit history which will help move them into the financial mainstream. "
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