" In the old days, vendor lock-in was on the radar of free software developers. Many systems based on Linux and BSD are used to host internet applications, so many that in fact the server side was considered safe and forces gathered to conquer the desktop.
Read more »The desperate need for a Freedom Grid system
http://www.kuarepoti-dju.net –
Computing “progress”: good and bad
http://www.gnu.org –
"...My vision of the world is different. I would like to see a world in which all the software in our computers — in our desktop PCs, our laptops, our handhelds, our phones — is under the our control and respects our freedom. In other words, a world where all software is free software..."
Read more »The (not so) hidden goals of Prism, AIR and Silverlight
http://standblog.org –
"...Proprietary technologies give more control and power to the software vendors, while Open technologies (like the Open Web) give more freedom to the users. By promoting proprietary technologies, Adobe and Microsoft are trying to squeeze more value from the developers and pass it over to their shareholders.
Read more »Realities of RAID - Data Loss Still Exists - RAID Data Recovery
http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.co.uk –
Although RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) technology has been around for many years, more and more companies rely on these systems to manage their storage needs as their vast amounts of data grow at an alarming rate.
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Free Software, Free Society
http://community.livejournal.com –
"...When you turn on your computer, you’re making a political statement. If, like most people, your computer boots Microsoft Windows, the statement you’re making is that transnational corporations should control access to the most powerful public media that ever existed.
Read more »Learn The Ideals And History Of Free And Open Source Software
http://www.goldb.org –
"There are lots of resources available online to learn about Free and Open Source Software. If you want to understand the essence and ideals of this movement, a great start would be to read the following 4 books..."
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FSFE: Invitation to the 2nd Swiss FOSS compatible lobbyists meeting in Berne
https://www.fsfe.org –
" I would like to invite all people who have an interest in political activism for the benefits of Open Source and Free Software as well as aiming at a free and open information infrastructure (open standards, etc.) to the second Swiss FOSS compatible lobbyist meeting in Berne, in the conference room in the railway station.
Read more »Net Neutrality Violation: Complaint Says Comcast Blocking User Access
http://www.alternet.org –
"Responding to Comcast's blocking of Internet traffic, members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition and Internet scholars at the nation's top law schools today filed a petition and complaint with the Federal Communications Commission. The filings call for urgent action to stop violations of consumers' right to access the software and content of their choice..."
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Introducing: "The Monday Witness"
http://www.consortiuminfo.org –
Regular readers will know that my interest in standards is not limited to those that help make information and communications technology work. Over the years I've written about standards created to address concerns more directly relevant to the human condition, such as human rights standards, social responsibility standards, and much more.
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Against data retention
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"Yesterday, thousands of people in Germany gathered in about 40 towns and cities to protest and demonstrate against data retention. I was one of them..."
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Free Software 2.0.0.9 builds now also available…
http://oduinn.com –
The Mozilla people have started producing free software builds of firefox; "compiled with branding, logos and talk-back removed."
Download from:
ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/2.0.0.9/contrib/free-software/
Builds aren't yet automated, so there's only en-US at the moment.
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Latest trial of the One Laptop Per Child running in India; Uruguay orders 100,000 machines
http://en.wikinews.org –
"India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha in Thailand, Cardal in Uruguay and Galadima in Nigeria.
Read more »media consolidation and the internet
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org –
"...having a Free and Open Web is critical not only to ensuring that there are different viewpoints, but critical to our very Democracy. The more big media owns, the more the Web must remain Open..."
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Miro vs. Joost - Why this matters
http://www.getmiro.com –
"Miro is open like the internet." [and Free as in Freedom!] "Joost works like a cable company with DRM. Which vison of web video do you want to see prevail, proprietary or open?" [or Free as in Freedom!] "Do you want corporations to decide what you watch?"
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Citizendium One Year On: A Contributor's Perspective
http://www.witigonen.com –
"Citizendium recently celebrated its first year. As a past Citizendium contributor, as well as a (mostly anonymous) Wikipedia contributor, I thought I would offer my insider perspective on the progress of the project and its utility/feasibility..."
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