In the midst of Microsoft’s full-frontal patent-tipped FUD missile attack on Linux and Free and Open Source Software (aka, FOSS), it would seem strange that I could start a blog entry by admitting that I agree with Bill Gates. Yes, Read More …
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a link to the first episode of a BBC two-part series called, “The Codebreakers”, whose focus is FOSS, or Free and Open Source Software. Some fascinating stuff here and well worth watching. You Read More …
Every few days, I take a little trip to Solveig Haugland’s OpenOffice.org Training, Tips, and Ideas blog and I tell myself, “This woman is a wealth of knowledge on the subject. Somebody should really make a nice blog post to Read More …
Want to get sued by Microsoft? Then read on. At the end of this post, you’ll have your opportunity. By now, you’ve no doubt heard the story that Microsoft claims that Linux and FOSS violates at least 235 of their Read More …
In May 2006, the BBC aired a documentary it called “The Codebreakers”. This two-part series looked into the adoption of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) and its impact on the so-called digital divide. Some nice history and interesting interviews Read More …
Yes, that title made me jump back a step or two as well, but this article from the “Postcards From the Pug Bus” Website and its report from Redmond makes a strangely twisted kind of sense. “Since Linux operating systems Read More …
During my keynote at the fifth annual Free Software and Open Source Symposium at Seneca College, York University, I suggested the creation of something I called “The Linux and Open Source Marketing Board”. I envisioned it as an industry umbrella Read More …
If you are still recovering from the last time you paid your long-distance bill, Chef Marcel may be able to offer some relief. How? By using your Linux system and a Voice over IP program, of course. That just happens Read More …
A giant in the world of literature, some of it science-fiction, has just passed away. Kurt Vonnegut Jr., whose works include Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat’s Cradle, Breakfast of Champtions, and many others. I attended a lecture by Vonnegut a number of years Read More …
This is what happens when you decide to make a video first thing in the morning. Maybe it’s the lack of sleep. Maybe it’s because I have a cold. Whatever the reason, I decided to express my confusion regarding free Read More …