Category Archives: Free Software/Open Source
Doc Searls on the Producer Electronics Revolution
The first in a series of reports titled “The Producer Electronics Revolution, Part I” by Doc Searls is an excellent read, and it touches on a lot of the pressure we’ve been seeing to close and lock down our open … Continue reading
IE Chauvinism
Paul Murphy asks what the costs of IE/Windows chauvinism are. For me, that’s quite simple – any organisation that is so braindead that it only supports IE and/or Windows clients loses my business. Can’t buy airline tickets on your site … Continue reading
It finally arrived
I had to wait a very, very, very long time, but my Nokia 770 has finally arrived. I love it. It took about 2 minutes to find and install the driver for the nokia bluetooth keyboard I bought, and now … Continue reading
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GPLv3 launch event
Just three more days, and the first draft of the GPLv3 will be made available at the launch event at MIT. If you’re in the neighbourhood on Monday, do stop by! Pre-registration is now closed, but there should still be … Continue reading
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GNU/Linux drivers
A lot has been written about the 2006 CES show in Las Vegas. What I’ve read or heard so far has been pretty meaningless – new non-existing product from X, new gadget from Y that only works with Windows, etc … Continue reading
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Windows is dangerous
Another exploit is loose in Windows land; this one is for XP and 2003 server and there is no patch yet from Microsoft. It’s got to do with the parsing of WMF files, which apparently are Windows Meta Files (pictures … Continue reading
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Kudos to Dell
I had not thought I would (ever?) say this, but I’ve got a warm fuzzy feeling for Dell right now. They have done something no other computer manufacturer has done before: they’ve released a 100% GPL’ed solution for upgrading the … Continue reading
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