items tagged with FOSS
Why Matt Zimmerman should quit Canonical
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-01 20:11:46
The chief technology officer of Canonical, Matt Zimmerman, has put himself in an untenable position after he took a public stance that a remark made by his boss in a keynote was sexist.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-10-01 20:11:46
The chief technology officer of Canonical, Matt Zimmerman, has put himself in an untenable position after he took a public stance that a remark made by his boss in a keynote was sexist.
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Shuttleworth employee calls boss's remark sexist
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-29 21:23:22
The chief technology officer of Canonical, the company founded by open source entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth, has come right out and termed a remark made by his boss at the recent LinuxCon in Portland, Oregon, sexist.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-29 21:23:22
The chief technology officer of Canonical, the company founded by open source entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth, has come right out and termed a remark made by his boss at the recent LinuxCon in Portland, Oregon, sexist.
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Geek feminist jumps the gun on Shuttleworth speech
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-24 20:56:33
Open source consultant Kirrily Robert, who runs a blog called Geek Feminism, has taken Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth to task over words he allegedly used in a talk given at a conference.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-24 20:56:33
Open source consultant Kirrily Robert, who runs a blog called Geek Feminism, has taken Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth to task over words he allegedly used in a talk given at a conference.
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RMS comes under attack again
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-23 22:47:21
It appears to be open season for launching attacks on the head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Matthew Stallman, the man who is in large measure responsible for the status that free and open source software enjoys today.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-23 22:47:21
It appears to be open season for launching attacks on the head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Matthew Stallman, the man who is in large measure responsible for the status that free and open source software enjoys today.
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How one Melburnian spent Software Freedom Day
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-20 20:16:26
For most people in Melbourne, Saturday, September 19, was just another day for trying to recover from the excesses of the previous night, knocking back from work, lazing, and reading the newspapers on the web.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-20 20:16:26
For most people in Melbourne, Saturday, September 19, was just another day for trying to recover from the excesses of the previous night, knocking back from work, lazing, and reading the newspapers on the web.
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Miguel snuggles closer to Microsoft
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-15 23:20:30
Over the past week, a couple of events have served to highlight the extent to which Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza is helping Microsoft to implement its strategy of curbing the growth of free and open source software.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-15 23:20:30
Over the past week, a couple of events have served to highlight the extent to which Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza is helping Microsoft to implement its strategy of curbing the growth of free and open source software.
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Will FSF's summit on women in FOSS achieve anything?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-14 22:06:29
What a movement achieves depends greatly on the motivations behind it; when one is pushed to do something, then much less is achieved than if the movement arises spontaneously.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-14 22:06:29
What a movement achieves depends greatly on the motivations behind it; when one is pushed to do something, then much less is achieved than if the movement arises spontaneously.
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Microsoft launches open source foundation - and it isn't April 1
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-10 21:42:27
Microsoft is continuing to try and keep the free software and open source world guessing by announcing that it has set up an open source foundation to enable "the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities."
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-10 21:42:27
Microsoft is continuing to try and keep the free software and open source world guessing by announcing that it has set up an open source foundation to enable "the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open source communities."
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Why Microsoft is Australia's default buy
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-07 21:40:13
A veteran of Australia's open source industry says that unless government agencies make a fundamental decision to change technologies and then plan their move, the status quo will remain.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-07 21:40:13
A veteran of Australia's open source industry says that unless government agencies make a fundamental decision to change technologies and then plan their move, the status quo will remain.
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Which licence is best: EPL, GPL or BSD?
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-02 21:43:54
Debates about the pros and cons of various licences available to free and open source software developers often end up generating more heat than light.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-09-02 21:43:54
Debates about the pros and cons of various licences available to free and open source software developers often end up generating more heat than light.
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Apache project server compromised
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-28 20:08:09
A server at the Apache project has been compromised, resulting in some hours of downtime, the project has announced.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-28 20:08:09
A server at the Apache project has been compromised, resulting in some hours of downtime, the project has announced.
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Mini-summit on women in free software
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-24 20:19:53
The Free Software Foundation will host a mini-summit on September 19 on the participation of women in free software, to discuss means whereby involvement can be increased.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-24 20:19:53
The Free Software Foundation will host a mini-summit on September 19 on the participation of women in free software, to discuss means whereby involvement can be increased.
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Debian to adopt time-based releases
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-28 20:52:53
The Debian GNU/Linux Project has decided to adopt time-based development freezes from now on, on a two-year cycle.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-28 20:52:53
The Debian GNU/Linux Project has decided to adopt time-based development freezes from now on, on a two-year cycle.
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GNOME 3.0 may have more Mono apps
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-28 21:08:39
The next major version of the GNOME desktop environment, version 3.0, may contain more than the one Mono-dependent application than it currently does, according to GNOME Foundation member Dave Neary.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-28 21:08:39
The next major version of the GNOME desktop environment, version 3.0, may contain more than the one Mono-dependent application than it currently does, according to GNOME Foundation member Dave Neary.
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Enter ext4, the filesystem of the future
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 18:47:48
The ext4 filesystem has been around for a while as experimental code in GNU/Linux distributions. Recently one distribution decided to make it the default for an install.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 18:47:48
The ext4 filesystem has been around for a while as experimental code in GNU/Linux distributions. Recently one distribution decided to make it the default for an install.
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Puppet's parent wins fresh funding
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 18:13:05
Reductive Labs, the company behind Puppet, the open source configuration management system, has won funding to the tune of $US2 million, the company announced today.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 18:13:05
Reductive Labs, the company behind Puppet, the open source configuration management system, has won funding to the tune of $US2 million, the company announced today.
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Software patents loom in NZ
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-22 18:25:42
New Zealand is moving towards allowing unlimited software patents in the country. The first reading of the bill, which is now at the select committee stage, resulted in 107 votes for and only 14 against.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-22 18:25:42
New Zealand is moving towards allowing unlimited software patents in the country. The first reading of the bill, which is now at the select committee stage, resulted in 107 votes for and only 14 against.
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When politics does not get in the way of FOSS
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-03-22 17:57:28
Politicians have no incentive to adopt free and open source software - not until someone writes a FOSS application that will ensure that they win the next election. But when geeks are part of a party and the party's policies are furthered by adopting FOSS, then it is a slightly different story.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-03-22 17:57:28
Politicians have no incentive to adopt free and open source software - not until someone writes a FOSS application that will ensure that they win the next election. But when geeks are part of a party and the party's policies are furthered by adopting FOSS, then it is a slightly different story.
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Governments and open source: never the twain shall meet
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-03-02 17:46:27
It's interesting to see the reaction from various corners of the FOSS community when any government announces a policy that is seen as friendly to open source and one which could, possibly, help to spread its use.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-03-02 17:46:27
It's interesting to see the reaction from various corners of the FOSS community when any government announces a policy that is seen as friendly to open source and one which could, possibly, help to spread its use.
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Troubling times for OpenSUSE
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-20 18:06:44
The OpenSUSE project, a group that develops a Linux distribution that then feeds into Novell's SUSE Linux, has been hit recently by the layoffs at Novell.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-20 18:06:44
The OpenSUSE project, a group that develops a Linux distribution that then feeds into Novell's SUSE Linux, has been hit recently by the layoffs at Novell.
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