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Open Source Progress in Malaysia
Here are some stunning facts that were published at the end of July in Malaysia: More than 70 percent of Malaysian government offices are running open source software, according to figures released by the country’s Open Source Competency Centre. The centre was established as part of the 2004 Malaysian Public Sector OSS Master Plan, to…
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If it ain’t broke…
The Open Source movement is consistent with a larger democratic proposition that the more that we can all be involved in affairs that concern them, the better off we’ll all be. But sometimes the involvement of some people, whose concern is the maintenance of monopoly and control, doesn’t serve the great good. Glynn Moody uncovers…
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Open Source Whitepaper updated for 2010
When I was invited to speak at the STS Forum in Kyoto in 2006, I thought it would be a good idea to write an extremely concise white paper-3 pages total-comparing and contrasting open source software and proprietary software. Since then I have been invited to speak about, defend, and expand upon that paper. Now…
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Reptiles
Several years ago, we had the chance to visit a crocodile farm in Queensland, Australia. There were several highlights, not least the chance for the children to hold a crocodile – a very small one, of course, with its jaws taped shut. Even with one that small, the frisson of terror remained and the children…
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OSI and White House agree on open source benefits, platforms
By now you may have read that www.whitehouse.gov is now running Drupal, the open source content management system. So, too, does the OSI itself. So first I’d like to say “welcome to the club!” But the open source wins don’t stop there. Drupal is running on top of the LAMP stack based on Red Hat…
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Exciting Open Source developments in Thailand
The Blender Foundation just posted news of two e-books issued by the government of Thailand, one covering the 3d content creation suite Blender and one covering the GNU Image Manipulation Program, aka GIMP. I have a special affection for both of these programs, for several reasons. Nowadays open source seems so inevitable, so commonplace, that…
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@osi so this isn’t law yet, it’s just a suggestion? 100% Microslop will get their grimy hands into the process…