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• It’s a bit scary how well Amazon knows me.

  
  rock out with your coq au vin out — Authority: 511
  It’s a bit scary how well Amazon knows me.
  18 hours ago

• Principles, Social Science, and Free Software

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 502
  mako.cc: With a slightly skeptical view toward my involvement with groups like the FSF and my work in the FLOSS community, at least one academic tried to suggest that taking a principled position in favor of software freedom might compromise the positivist social science research program in which I am engaged. ...
  1 day ago

• What price Freedom?

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 502
  blogs.fsfe.org: Graphics drivers (for X11 under whatever Free Software operating system you care to use) are one area where Free Software has plenty of room for improvement. My laptop has an nVidia GeForce 9600M in it, which means that there are two drivers I can use for it: the Free Software nv driver, or the ...
  2 days ago

• The Future Has No Log In Button

  
  Stay N' Alive — Authority: 545
  Since last week’s Kynetx Impact Conference I have gained an entirely new vision for the open web.  I now foresee a web which the user completely controls, lives in the browser, syncs with the cloud, and has no boundaries.  This new web completely makes the entire Social and Real-time paradigms miniscule in terms ...
  3 days ago

• Legal Compliance: Open Source and Quality Assurance

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 502
  ddj.com: In the age of open source and large scale outsourcing, assuring the quality of software must comprise ascertaining its legal compliance as well. Numerous legal cases in recent years have highlighted the business risks and the enormous costs incurred when this is not done properly. Advertisement: read ...
  3 days ago

• Giving Thanks For FOSS

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 502
  raiden.net: The fourth Thursday of November of every year is Thanksgiving. It is a day to think back, remember, and give thanks for all the wonderful things we have in America. But have you really thought about what youre thankful for in the FOSS world? Advertisement: read more
  3 days ago

• Open source revolution in the public sector

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 502
  computerworlduk.com: He wanted to know, in the light of the Governments well-publicised new found enthusiasm for open source software, whether I thought they would all be using open source software in ten years time and if so when and how would it all happen? Advertisement: read more
  4 days ago

• Students line up for new free software master at open universities

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 502
  osor.eu: Two of Europes open universities, the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya in Spain and Open Universiteit in the Netherlands, are about to start the first courses of what will become a Master programme on free and open source software and open standards. Advertisement: read more
  5 days ago

• Microsoft Azure to capture open source revenue streams

  
  SUSE Linux Enterprise in the Americas — Authority: 119
  Microsoft Azure to capture open source revenue streams rand($thoughts);: “When Amazon decided to offer MySQL via Amazon RDS, they did so without purchasing MySQL support from Sun. I’ve confirmed that Microsoft Azure is supporting MySQL on Azure without paying Sun for a MySQL Enterprise subscription” ...
  5 days ago

• FSF works with PayPal to the benefit of the free software community

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 502
  fsf.org: The Free Software Foundation thanks PayPal for responding to its concerns and making its terms more free software friendly. Advertisement: read more
  5 days ago

• Bona fide open source

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 502
  itpro.co.uk: Has open source become a victim of its own success as businesses identify as it just to look good? Advertisement: read more
  5 days ago

• Proprietary Software: Still Not Doomed, Sorry

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 502
  informationweek.com: These days, I can scarcely click a mouse without running headlong into some variety of punditry regarding the imminent death of proprietary software thanks to open source. Sorry, I dont believe proprietary software is digging its inevitable collective grave any more than the sun is about to go ...
  5 days ago

• 21 Grams and a Billion Dollars

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 502
  fossbazaar.org: How is it we can know the weight of a persons soul* but not be able to measure the success of a piece of individual FOSS software with the truly compelling metrics needed to satisfy and influence enterprise adopters and governments. Advertisement: read more
  1 week ago

• Get Pumped with South

  
  KilkennyMusic.com - Kilkenny Gigs, Music In Kilkenny, Kilkenny Entertainment, Kilkenny Bands, Sound System Podcast — Authority: 129
  Tonight see’s local rock/fusion outfit South take to the stage upstairs in the Pumphouse. Entry is free with a 10.30pm kickoff. Their CD ‘Insula’ will be available for anyone who wants it. There will also be free copies of The Lions Mane ‘Strands’ to grab for anyone interested. Rumor has it that ...
  1 week ago

• Does Linus Torvalds Hate Freedom?

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 502
  daniweb.com: According to an ongoing debate over the GPL version 3, he does. How can this be, since Linus Torvalds, creator and chief architect of the Linux kernel, knows about software freedom and free software? Advertisement: read more
  1 week ago

• All Your OS Are Belong to Google – Why Aren’t We Worried?

  
  Stay N' Alive — Authority: 545
  I’m following the stories of the Google Chrome OS release today and am a bit concerned about some of the claims that are being made.  Mashable even goes to the extent of predicting Google is going to “ destroy the desktop ” with it.  Google is banking on the fact that many users use their computers solely ...
  1 week ago

• Chrome OS – because you have more than one computer

  
  Andrej Koelewijn — Authority: 108
  Lots of news on Chrome OS today, but nothing to suprising as far as i can tell. Chrome OS is basically just an operating system than boots straight into a (full screen) browser. All your apps will be web apps. Seems logical. Most of the time i just boot my computer to get online: read news, read mail, look at ...
  1 week ago

• About Open Source Value Creation and Consumption

  
  Commercial Open Source Software — Authority: 413
  The relationship between open source communities and vendors keeps being a topic of debate these days. Simon Phipps at the  South Tyrol Free Software Conference gave a talk about his “ software freedom scorecard “, a method to indicate the approach vendors take to promote software freedom as part of their ...
  1 week ago

• Real Chrome OS Screenshot

  
  The Indexer — Authority: 104
  With Google Holding Chrome OS Event Today to reveal the complete overview and launch plans, for those who can’t wait,here is a REAL screenshot for your curious eyes, enjoy while zillions of people are waiting for the announcement Tagged: chromeos
  1 week ago

• Ho Chi Minh City hosts open source software summit

  
  tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle? — Authority: 502
  thanhniennews.com: Over 500 participants from 15 countries will join one of the Asia’s top events on free and open source software (FOSS) to be held in Ho Chi Minh City this Friday. Advertisement: read more
  1 week ago

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