After flirting with tech from 1989 onwards, Sam Varghese began to experiment with Linux in 1998. A couple of years later, he began using the Debian distribution as a single-boot system for his personal use. From that point onwards his interest grew and he has since written widely about free and open source software, with a great deal of his writings based on his own experiences, rather than anecdotal evidence. Open Sauce will focus on a genre of software that is present everywhere but rarely acknowledged; a genre that has little eye-candy but does most of the heavy lifting; a genre that is designed and written by people whose accomplishments are only occasionally recognised. Above all this blog will follow the KISS principle - Keep It Simple, Stupid.

Novell sacks more staff, cuts benefits by Sam Varghese    Friday, 06 November 2009 Mixed-source technology company Novell has sacked between three and four percent of its staff in layoffs that could well be linked to another bad quarter.

Dutch government launches ODF service by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 05 November 2009 The Dutch government has launched a web service called Officeshots.org which enables users to compare the output quality of various office suites as far as interoperability is concerned.   Open source FUD is alive and kicking by Sam Varghese    Tuesday, 03 November 2009 Ten, or even five years ago, it was not uncommon to see articles surface periodically, spouting gross untruths about free and open source software.   ESR pressure made feminists host detractor's code by Sam Varghese    Monday, 02 November 2009 Pressure from open source luminary Eric S. Raymond led to geek feminists hosting code created by one of their detractors, which otherwise would have disappeared for good, a post on Raymond's blog reveals.   When hackers get the blues by Sam Varghese    Friday, 30 October 2009 Hacking is often a lonely profession: the wee hours are generally the most productive and communicating with an inanimate object often results in people being unable to interact in a regular manner with their human counterparts.   US Defence dept backs more FOSS use by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 29 October 2009 The US Department of Defence has unequivocally backed the use of more open source software, describing the genre as one that provides advantages when it comes to achieving the department's objectives.   Microsoft and open source: meet the evangelist by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 29 October 2009 Nick Hodge is, in many way, the modern face of Microsoft, a techie with excellent social skills. He has an additional attribute - a catchy designation: Professional Geek.   Ubuntu 9.10: confidence riding high at Canonical by Sam Varghese    Tuesday, 27 October 2009 There is a growing confidence evident in the Canonical camp as the countdown begins to October 29, the date for the official release of Ubuntu 9.10.   Stallman, others object to Oracle's MySQL ownership by Sam Varghese    Friday, 23 October 2009 Two organisations, along with Free Software Foundation head Richard M. Stallman, have written to the European Commission, asking that Oracle not be allowed to acquire MySQL as part of its larger acquisition of Sun Microsystems.   Open database alliance reaches takeoff stage by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 22 October 2009 MySQL co-founder Ulf Michael Widenius's dream of having a fully-fledged Open Database Alliance is slowly reaching fruition with the announcement that the project, begun in May this year, has reached its second stage.   IBM, Ubuntu strike on eve of Windows 7 launch by Sam Varghese    Thursday, 22 October 2009 IBM and Ubuntu have set themselves up squarely inn Microsoft's cross-hairs. A day before the launch of Windows 7 in the US, Canonical, the parent company of Ubuntu, and Big Blue have announced a deal to sell cloud- and Linux-based desktop packages in the US.   Geek feminists score a point over detractor by Sam Varghese    Wednesday, 21 October 2009 Perl developer Kirrily Robert, who runs the Geek Feminism blog, has managed to score a couple of points over a male developer who has been posting nasty comments about women in FOSS to various online forums.   Separated at birth? The geek and the pollie by Sam Varghese    Wednesday, 21 October 2009 It's doubtful whether Linus Torvalds has ever uttered an overtly political line in public ever since he became a public figure in 1991.

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