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links for 2008-05-19 The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama - Pico Iyer Reading this now and being seduced by the portrait Iyer paints of the Dalai Lama. He is supposedly the incarnation of compassion, and everything Iyer has said so far implies he is that and more. (tags: Tibet Books Amazon)
Post Date:05/19/2008 02:32:23
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links for 2008-05-18 Simon Phipps and Patrick Finch on Open Source : 2008 JavaOne Conference Marina summarises our track session at JavaOne. (tags: JavaOne2008 SimonPhipps clippings FOSS OpenSource) WhatDoTheyKnow - file and explore Freedom of Information (FOI) requests The range of citizen empowerment tools in the UK grows and grows. (tags: UK government FOI OpenAccess policy) Casablanca : Jeff Bonwick's Blog "Stay tuned." (tags: OpenSolaris Linux ZFS)
Post Date:05/18/2008 02:31:42
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links for 2008-05-17 Red Hat Magazine | Open source project: OpenJDK Informative article by two of the key figures in getting OpenJDK into Fedora and RHEL. (tags: Java OpenJDK Linux RedHat GPL OpenSource Classpath)
Post Date:05/17/2008 02:32:15
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links for 2008-05-15 OpenSPARC T1 Version 1.6 Released It's not mentioned often but OpenSPARC continues to be very active and is having a huge effect globally in how microelectronics is taught. (tags: OpenSPARC SPARC OpenSource GPL Sun) How to rescue Java from the men in suits A press outing for Dalibor in his new role, and he's spot on with his comments. (tags: JCP Java JavaOne2008 Dalibor Governance OpenSource FOSS) OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up Whoa. High praise from Jason. I'd agree with most of what he says here, 2008.05 is an excellent start. (tags: OpenSolaris Linux Solaris Ubuntu)
Post Date:05/15/2008 02:34:51
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links for 2008-05-14 Little Brother: Cory Doctorow Cory's new book has hit Amazon UK. Time to grab a copy. (tags: Amazon Books Cory) Amazon.co.uk: In Person: 30 Poets Filmed by Pamela Robertson-Pearce I've previously found that hearing poems read by their author adds a new dimension to their meaning. Hearing TS Eliot read The Waste and was transformative. So I'm looking forward to this arriving. (tags: Amazon Poetry Books) Why Product Management is Open Source's Fatal Flaw While I think this correctly diagnoses the problem I think the solution is to be found elsewhere than trying to make a developer community hire a PHB. (tags: OpenSource Pidgin Business management) OpenJDK in Fedora 9 Truly excellent. The lesson to be learned is that the best way to get Java everywhere was to work with the community rather than expect the community to work with Sun. Let's hope that lesson sticks and spreads. (tags: OpenJDK Java Fedora OpenSource Community)
Post Date:05/14/2008 02:33:51
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links for 2008-05-13 The Art of Release Mark explains why controlling none of the components has no bearing on his ability to control the release cycle for Ubuntu. (tags: Ubuntu Linux FOSS OpenSource Management Software) Sun juggles love of code with need for cash Dalibor gets quoted straight off the blocks. The article itself seems to lack insight, unfortunately. (tags: JavaOne JavaOne2008 Sun FOSS OpenSource) Open Source Embrace Gives Sun New Fans This article is depressingly ignorant of history. Clearly the author is unaware of the history of Tomcat, or of any of Sun's open source activities around OpenOffice.org, NetBeans, Mozilla etc etc. (tags: Journalism JavaOne2008 Java History) Biofuels Production Impact Comparison Very informative graphic that shows clearly why maize-grown biofuel may well be more of a problem than a solution. (tags: environment oil biofuel biodiesel) Student Views and Reviews Students who review OpenSolaris or NetBeans can win prize
Post Date:05/13/2008 02:33:36
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links for 2008-05-09 Do we need to protect open source from the cloud? Gordon's argument here will warm the hearts of Apache activists, but I suspect Free software fundamentalists will still demand more protections. I'm in the middle; it takes both stick and carrot, in my view. (tags: Cloud SaaS OpenSource Illuminata licensing FOSS) How to get OpenJDK 6 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 What a week! OpenJDK 6 is now in Ubuntu, Fedora AND RHEL. Totally delighted. (tags: Java OpenJDK Linux) Metrics "Accurate numbers aren't any more useful than ones you make up." (tags: Humour Dilbert) OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Features Huge congratulations to the OpenOffice.org team on this milestone. I am especially excited to see a high-quality native Mac version included on release day. Is that the first LGPLv3 software for the Mac? (tags: OpenOffice.org OpenOffice osx OpenSource FOSS Mac) Presenter Screen for OpenOffice.org 3 Oh excellent, this is the one feature I missed from Ke
Post Date:05/09/2008 02:33:02
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links for 2008-05-08 A Brief History of Sun by Groklaw's grouch Very interesting history of postings on Groklaw about Sun. Now, let's see, when did I start this job... ah yes :-) (tags: Sun FOSS GPL Groklaw)
Post Date:05/08/2008 02:37:13
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links for 2008-05-03 OpenxVM Home All the virtualisation software Sun is sponsoring in one place. (tags: Virtualization Sun xVM OpenSolaris OpenSource FOSS)
Post Date:05/03/2008 02:32:33
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links for 2008-05-01 Open Source Java Technology Debuts In GNU/Linux Distributions Huge leap forward for Java and for Linux. I'm delighted. (tags: Java Sun Linux Ubuntu RedHat OpenJDK GPL FOSS OpenSource)
Post Date:05/01/2008 02:36:40
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links for 2008-04-30 Malware authors turn to EULAs to protect their work Create a system, create the game that plays it. Apparently it's time to move on from the "internet" system to the "legal" system... (tags: Malware EULA License legal abuse) 'Free Tibet' flags made in China This seems to encapsulate the whole problem. (tags: BBC China Irony Business) Sun sheds light on its open-source future Q & A with me in ZDNet UK. Good stuff, Adrian. (tags: SimonPhipps Clippings OpenSource Sun) Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 adds support for Java SE 6 At last. My Java apps are running much faster so far. (tags: Java Mac OSX Apple)
Post Date:04/30/2008 02:35:22
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links for 2008-04-29 The miracle berry Anywhere in San Francisco we can get some of these to try next week? I'd love to have a bowl of them at our open source party at the Thirsty Bear on Tuesday evening. (tags: Food Travel JavaOne2008) Sun: Trying to do the right thing A very welcome respite from all the knocking Sun is getting right now from the people afraid we might actually succeed. (tags: Sun OpenSource GNOME) ODF is SA's national standard Another country standardises on ODF. I wonder how many it takes before there's demonstrated "demand"? I expect the response to be "they can always use a plug-in" but really that's just insulting. (tags: ODF SouthAfrica ISO26300 standards)
Post Date:04/29/2008 02:34:14
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links for 2008-04-28 GNU/Linux Distro Smack Down! Only at CommunityOne As if the fact the event if free isn't enough! (tags: Linux JavaOne2008 OpenSolaris Events CommunityOne CommunityOne2008) Austrian 'hid daughter in cellar' The depths to which humanity can sink seem to have no bounds. (tags: BBC Austria Abuse)
Post Date:04/28/2008 02:38:18
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links for 2008-04-27 Amazon.com: Eye-Fi Card, Wireless 2 GB SD Memory Card Anyone tried this? It looks like an interesting way to get photos straight onto Flickr from JavaOne, for example. (tags: Gadgets Toys Photography JavaOne2008 WiFi Networking) Does She Look Like a Music Pirate? More power to her. (tags: RIAA rights abuse) Cash and Treasures: Digging for Benitoite This is something I've never tried - looks worth a weekend excursion some time I am in the Bay Area. (tags: California Travel)
Post Date:04/27/2008 02:32:15
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links for 2008-04-26 North Pole could be ice free in 2008 This doesn't sound good. (tags: environment climate warming) ODFDOM - OpenOffice.org Wiki Wow. Great idea will put programmatic manipulation of ODF within everyone's reach. (tags: ODF ISO26300 DOM OpenOffice OpenDocument framework api) QR-Code Generator Something new to add to my next business card. (tags: QRCode Cool camera Nokia phone Geek Graphics) Facebook | JavaOne JavaOne has a posse. (tags: JavaOne Facebook community social Java JavaOne2008)
Post Date:04/26/2008 02:34:47
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links for 2008-04-25 Sun Microsystems - Australia - APAC Extended Horizons Summit 2008 If you live in Australia or New Zealand please do come to this event where I'll be delivering the opening keynote. If there are enough you are interested, let's also go for a long table meal at The Sailor's Thai in The Rocks... (tags: SimonPhipps Events Australia Sun OpenSource)
Post Date:04/25/2008 02:39:12
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links for 2008-04-23 Debian and OSI Election Results Congratulations, Steve (and nice kilt). (tags: Debian FOSS Election) Google's festering problem with the AGPL It's not just AGPL. There are other licenses (like CDDL for instance) that are blocked for business reasons that get dressed up as social reasons. Seems OSI is not a respected arbiter of license soundness in this case. (tags: FOSS OpenSource Licensing Google AGPL CDDL SaaS) Christiaan Postma - Spelling Clock This is unspeakably cool, and very soothing to watch. (tags: Cool design Time clock art) Open Standards definition: Is ODF etch on rock? No, not true "A truly public specification can be upgraded by the public at large, provided the suggestion is a sound one." (tags: ODF Standards Open FOSS OpenOffice.org) Be Good Another Paul Graham essay that is so good that it sounds obvious. Here he's asserting that the best plan for a startup is to behave like a non-profit and just serve people. Nicely compl
Post Date:04/23/2008 02:38:31
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links for 2008-04-22 Contributor Subscription Information on iStockphoto.com This looks like a positive step, likely to bring new money into iStock and make it flow more freely towards photographers. I'll need to resume uploads (I need the rejection slips!) (tags: Photography Stock iStockPhoto Publishing) A Tale of Two Jennies Steve Pepper continues his blogging experiment. (tags: OOXML Norway Prostitution) Nokia CA-100 Charging USB Cable Given the E51 is now standard issue for Sun in Europe I guess lots of people will need one of these, given Nokia neither made the thing charge from the mini-USB connector it uses to connect to the computer nor included this dongle. (tags: Nokia Phone Mobile E51 Accessories Amazon USB Power Cable Plug) Has MySQL Forgotten All It Learnt? As I recall, MySQL has had non-Free software in its service/subscription cloud for quite a long time, so I'm a bit puzzled why it's suddenly become an issue. Maybe as part of Sun there's no longer cause
Post Date:04/22/2008 02:35:52
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links for 2008-04-20 The Norway Vote - What really happened The story explaining why Steve Pepper was motivated, after 13 excellent years as chair of the Norwegian SC34 mirror committee, to resign and to organise a public protest. (tags: OOXML Standards Norway ECMA Microsoft) How to make a Sawed-off USB Key I want one. (tags: Geek Toys)
Post Date:04/20/2008 02:34:40
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links for 2008-04-19 Economy Travel Just waiting for this to show up in the travel policy. Managers get to travel next-day-air, the rest get 2-day or surface... (tags: Art Travel) InfoQ: Better Best Practices Excellent article explains why managers mismanage experts. (tags: Expert Process management Software development architecture) Between two consenting corporations... Matt stays calm and makes good points here. Ultimately, offering closed tools as part of the service cloud around an open source platform can help pay the bills only if it can be done without harming adoption. (tags: Adoption Adoption-Led MySQL OpenSource Model) TED | Talks | Yochai Benkler: Open-source economics Benkler is great in person. Compelling both in energy and in content. (tags: OpenSource Benkler creativecommons Wikipedia TED Video via:jimgris)
Post Date:04/19/2008 02:33:40
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