[...]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.

"Brussels, 2nd September 2008 -- A global coalition of more than 80 software companies, associations and developers has declared the 24th of September to be the 'World Day Against Software Patents' [...] A global petition asking to effectively stop software patents worldwide will be launched on 24 September 2008, together with specific additional requests for certain regions such as Europe, the Un

I think this is best done as a numbered list.

However, before I get into this: It is possible to dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows. This means that when you turn on your computer, you’ll get a menu that says “Ubuntu” and “Windows” and you can pick which one to boot into.

The web is no longer just a collection of sites one can visit with a browser. It’s increasingly a rich set of programming interfaces upon which applications can be built. This, at a technological level, is very good news. Interfaces make possible a greater variety of applications. This is an old idea for software in general, but a relatively new trend on the web.

One of the things that drive success in online games such as World of Warcraft is the community and ecosystem that surround the game itself. This is much akin to open source where projects grow and become successful as individuals become part of the whole.

I would rather write something about the idea of comparing Linux to Windows or MacOS. According to Ryan, such comparisons are pointless. He tried to prove this, but I cannot agree with him in this area, so I decided to write this rebuttal.

RMS: « Skype software in China is built for censorship and surveillance.

John Naughton rips into the sycophantic nature of tech journolism when it comes to Microsoft.
" Microsoft is such a powerful company that it never seems to occur to reporters that its leaders might be fantasising. It's the aphrodisiac effect again....But Microsoft has become an embarrassing shadow of its former self."