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  • Open? I Don’t Think That Word Means What You Think It Means.


    The SiliconANGLEAuthority Authority: 146
    In my mind, there are four kinds of open. Torvalds Open. Zuckerberg Open. Not Open but we use the word Open anyway. Saad Open. This fragmentation has diluted the word open to the point where it almost has no value. It’s time to re-define the word open. First let me explain each category. Torvalds Open. In ...
    2 days ago
  • A Nobel peace prize to Open Source


    Field Commander WieersAuthority Authority: 107
    I was amused by the idea to propose Linus Torvalds for a Nobel peace prize. But it does make sense to honor the Open Source community in general for the collaboration across many boundaries. Open Source levels the playing field for anyone to innovate and improve, it is an extension of what is known in the academic ...
    2 weeks ago
  • A Northwest Nobel option? (Linus for the Nobel Peace prize)


    Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.comAuthority Authority: 169
    Ridenbaugh Press/Northwest: "It would be fitting to honor that international effort by giving a Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds, perhaps in 2011 on the 20th anniversary of the August 1991 Linux announcement, or in 2012 on the 50th anniversary of Paulings award."
    2 weeks ago
  • Nobel Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds?


    Linux/Unix News - motd.ambians.comAuthority Authority: 160
    Now this is one to ponder. This year, the Nobel Peace Prize went to Barack Obama, president of the United States. The prize has been given to both politicians and non-politicians alike, and Keith Lofstrom thinks its time to hand over the Peace Prize to a non-politician once more: Linus Torvalds.
    2 weeks ago
  • Linus Torvalds For Nobel Peace Prize?


    Linux/Unix News - motd.ambians.comAuthority Authority: 160
    An anonymous reader writes "Im as much of a Linux fanboy as anyone else, but Ive never thought of anything in computing as being worth a Nobel Peace Prize. Apparently, there are those who take global collaboration seriously, though..." The suggestion has been bouncing around the Portland Linux community, where ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Is Linus Torvalds digging Windows 7?


    The Danesh ProjectAuthority Authority: 123
    What ya think? Is Linus Torvalds digging Windows 7? The Japanese dude behind has no clue what going on…!! Source: LinuxInsight Similar Posts: Linus Torvalds feels the security scene is over glorified 10 Things a Linux person will not tell you HOUSE by Linus Chung Webinar: Control a World of Computers ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Comment by dizzey


    Linux/Unix News - motd.ambians.comAuthority Authority: 160
    Linus Torvalds, leader of the cult of Linux, took a swipe at Apples OS X and Microsoft Vista in the same breath at a conference in Australia last week.
    2 weeks ago
  • Photo


    bLINKlogAuthority Authority: 139
    [IMG: http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksdt0plbYP1qz57seo1_500.jpg]
    5 weeks ago
  • Rip van Security


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    Gunnar Peterson asks a question : ...how do you primarily rely on network security as we have done for the Webs life, when the Cloud abstracts the network away? Gunnar points out IT security has been using firewalls and SSL as primary securityfor every network acccess software change since 1995. In 1999 when SOAP ...
    5 weeks ago
  • A Linus Torvalds and Windows 7 Moment


    Techie BuzzAuthority Authority: 521
    There are times when the unexpected happens. This is one such moment. Linus Torvalds gives Windows 7 a big thumbs up! windows7-thumbs-up-linus-torvalds The event was a Japan Linux Symposium and Microsoft was quick enough to set up a Windows 7 booth right across the venue.  Linus was coaxed into visiting the ...
    5 weeks ago
  • Windows 7 virals: Linus Torvalds, burgers, and 7,000 dominos


    Ars TechnicaAuthority Authority: 738
    We may have learned yesterday that Redmond pulled out of the Family Guy deal, but thats not the only thing Microsoft had going for it to hype up the launch of Windows 7. Here are three of our favorites: Linus Torvalds giving a big thumb up in front of a Windows 7 booth, Burger King Japan offering a Windows 7 ...
    5 weeks ago
  • 65Bits Episode 141: Buy Windows 7, Get Snow Leopard free


    SGEntrepreneursAuthority Authority: 477
    Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] Windows 7 has landed in Singapore , [2] Easing XP Netbook owners’ path to Windows 7 , [3] Amazon: Windows 7 is ‘the biggest pre-order product of all time , [4] Linus Torvalds Gives ...
    5 weeks ago
  • Free Software Foundation Daemonised for Resisting Non-Free(dom) Software


    fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published newsAuthority Authority: 162
    Open Core proponent compares the FSF to religion as means of daemonisation and Jason Perlow does this by showing a humourous photo from Linus Torvalds, then throwing in another insult at Richard Stallman
    5 weeks ago
  • taking a brief break from health care for something more geeky


    Postcards from the Bleeding EdgeAuthority Authority: 92
    My last post gathered a lot of great comments and the debate continues, hot and heavy, on the subject of health care . I surfaced for a little while, and spotted something that appealed to my ha ha only serious and geeky nature... if you dont know whos in the photograph, you wont get the joke. OK, I return now ...
    6 weeks ago
  • Linus Torvalds Gives Windows 7 A Thumbs Up [Pic]


    Pulse2 - Technology News And ReviewsAuthority Authority: 444
    In this picture Linus Torvalds is giving Windows 7 a thumbs up in Japan. Torvalds is the man behind open source Linux operating system. Why is he doing this? Perhaps Torvalds wants to keep it classy unlike the Apple CEO when he flipped off the IBM building . Sometimes these pictures come back to haunt you many ...
    6 weeks ago
  • Even Linus Likes Windows 7


    ????????? ?('~`;)?Authority Authority: 135
    Everyone seems to like the new operating system by Microsoft, and that also includes Linux creator, Linus Torvalds. Picture taken from the Linux Symposium in Japan, where Microsoft apparently set up a booth.
    6 weeks ago

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