Africa’s Lessons for OSCON
Sometime last year, after the 10th Open Source Convention in Portland, Oregon; I blogged about OSCON lessons for Africa. I had expressed my hope that the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa – FOSSFA would be given needed support to make an appearance and also have its say.
Another step forward for open source video
The history and circumstances of video technologies have long militated against open source success, but a number of events this year point to the inevitability of open source reaching even…
Don’t be fooled again
Glynn Moody writes an insightful analysis of Microsoft’s latest attempt to confuse the issue of open standards by throwing a new word into the mix: balance. It didn’t fool Glynn,…
Legal Track at OSCON (from Mark Radcliffe)
Legal issues are very important for open source projects. We are providing free panels on open source legal issues at OSCON. These panels have been organized by Mark Radcliffe of DLA Piper and Allison Randal. The presentations will take place on Wednesday, July 22 at the San Jose Marriott in room Willow Glen 1. For more updated information, please see http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/10440.
Red Hat now on the S&P 500!
An Open Source company, Red Hat (RHAT), is now listed on the S&P 500! Congratulations Red Hat!
A question of bias
According to Techworld, Jonathan Zuck of the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) has recently accused the European Commission of having a bias in favor of open source. This is an…
President Lula’s Speech at FISL 10 (English Translation)
Now that the dish is prepared, is very easy for people to eat it. But to prepare this dish was not a joke. I remember the first meeting we had,…
Open Source Incentives
My recent visit to Brazil was a wonderful validation of the belief that I’ve held for more than 20 years: if you give people a better way to do things,…
Open Source inspires Open Music
Yesterday I had a chance to meet the lead singer of O Teatro Magico and then see their show. It was amazing! This creative group of musicians were about to…
President Lula of Brazil receives ITU Award, Open Source Software cited (updated)
There’s a lot of good news that does not always reach me at my desk in a single hop. But when I travel around the world, the good news of…
A new argument against SWPAT (thanks to environmental economics)
I’ve heard a lot of arguments against software patents (SWPAT) since Richard Stallman first raised the flag at the League for Programming Freedom, and almost all of the arguments are…
US CIO Vivek Kundra Advocates Open Source Software
According to a feature article in Federal Computer Weekly, the Obama Administration’s new CIO Vivek Kundra has specifically called out open source as one of the key technology initiatives he…