Human development has many bad impacts over the world. Either concerning our environment or ourselves. As time flows, ice becomes water, water becomes black. Forests are ripped off, grounds are polluted.
Read more »Freedom will not be brought by Free Software
Terminology Wars I: Linux versus GNU/Linux
I initially wrote most of this as a response to a comment on Groklaw, where PJ is busily carrying water to assist in running down an active member of the open source community as a "traitor to the free software movement". The comment began by stating that the FSF had never "ordered" anyone to use the terminology "GNU/Linux" (as if they could), and continued,
Read more »10 Things for Linux Desktop Evangelists to Ponder
There's always next year, right? If you're eager for the day of the Linux desktop to dawn, and you don't have the patience of a Cubs fan, here are some suggestions for community action that might be worth consideration.
Read more »Open Source v traditional Software (ding, ding, ding)
At the tail end of last month I spent two days attending talks at the yearly Internet World exhibition. I always enjoy listening to speakers and the quality was, by and large, very good. On the final day CMS Watch (@cmswatch) hosted a panel discussion in the Content Management theatre entitled: “Open Source v Traditional Software”.
Read more »Open Source and Anarchism?
Open Source development is pretty close to Anarchism. Still, we rely on the courts and government to protect Open Source. What if we were to lose that support, what would the Open Source ecosystem look like then?
Read more »Give me some of that old-time, open source religion
We’ve accepted the obvious benefits of open source principles in business and education, law and healthcare. In the Life channel, we get to examine some of the less-obvious avenues where open source is found--and here is one that even surprises us a little: open source religion.
Read more »Red Hat CEO questions desktop's relevance in Linux debate
New paradigms, such as cloud computing, are changing the desktop scene, CEO Jim Whitehurst argues
Linux has achieved success on servers, but can it make a go of it on the desktop? Panelists at a technical conference Tuesday evening debated the question, with a Red Hat official wondering whether the issue is even relevant anymore.
The Perils in the Name of Ubuntu
The problem in naming your operating system after an abstract concept is the diversity of interpretation that the word represents. This problem is essentially highlighted in online search. Doing a search for "the meaning of Ubuntu" leads you to numerous varying results, sometimes inclined to politics and sometimes inclined to racial concepts.
Read more »WORLD FACING HUGE NEW CHALLENGE ON FOOD FRONT: The 11th Hour in context
"...To reconfigure our culture wholesale changes have to happen [...]If not opportunism and greed: then cooperate and share!
Read more »The REAL reason we use Linux
We tell people we use Linux because it's secure. Or because it's free, because it's customizable, because it's free (the other meaning), because it has excellent community support... But all of that is just marketing bulls[p]it.
Read more »IFPI Erases Evidence Of Fascist Roots For 75th Anniversary
"Any organization reaching a major anniversary would be proud of this fact, with press releases, interviews and celebration. The IFPI hasn’t said anything about reaching its 75th birthday. Instead, one of their staff has edited their Wikipedia page to keep their roots a secret. So what exactly do they want to hide? ..."
Read more »21st Century Desktops, Linux or Windows, Does It Matter?
It is with considerable amusement I view the verbal skirmishes between the gathering Linux and Windoze factions, almost like watching differing Religious sects gather.
Read more »Windows Vista committed suicide
[...]He arrived at his destination. He started formatting himself (he couldn’t be discovered. It was the first and the most important rule: his code must remain secret, always. No exceptions). When he had almost being converted to NULL positions, he managed to finish with his pain, finally. Nobody will never be able to programme him again, he didn’t worth it.
Read more »Boston University Free Culture: New Blog, First Meeting!
"Well, after a painfully bureaucratic process, Boston University Free Culture is officially formed and now has a spiffy new blog and wiki, provided most generously by Asheesh Laroia from the FreeCulture.org mothership. Our first meeting will be..."
Read more »The Peer To Peer Manifesto - by Michel Bauwens, November 3, 2007
"Our current political economy is based on a fundamental mistake. It is based on the assumption that natural resources are unlimited, and that it is an endless sink. This false assumption creates artificial scarcity for potentially abundant cultural resources.
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