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Crazy Google Kids at it Again with Chrome OS

November 19, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

Google kicked off the launch of its Chromium OS project today with a presentation on Chrome OS. The first thing you'll notice is that the name of Google's consumer product will be Chrome OS, while the open source project is named Chromium OS. My guess:...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged chrome os, chromium os, google, linkedin, ostatic

10 Years of SourceForge.net

November 18, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

It's often difficult to notice when you're in the midst of making history. In the summer and fall of 1999, I spent some time working next door to four noisy, Mountain Dew-swilling misfits working on a renegade project within VA Linux Systems. Little di...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged linkedin, ostatic, sourceforge

OStatic: Is the Symbian Foundation DOA?

November 13, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

When Nokia announced that it was launching the Symbian Foundation to great fanfare, it had within its grasp that rarest of opportunities to move swiftly and become the dominant open source mobile platform. Alas, just one and a half years later, they ha...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged android, google, linkedin, ostatic, symbian foundation

OStatic: Thoughts on the Koala

November 9, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

It's been a few days since Ubuntu 9.10, aka the Karmic Koala, was unleashed on the world. I wanted to post a general review after having used the special K since it went RC in late September and early October. In general, I've been very impressed, espe...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged 9.10, karmic koala, linkedin, ostatic, ubuntu

OStatic: Cable Modem Hacker Indicted on Federal Charges

November 5, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

In a case reminiscent of the DVD hacking cases from the early 2000's, Oregon cable modem hacker and author of "Hacking the Cable Modem" has been charged with conspiracy and aiding and abetting wire fraud. This is another sad commentary on a criminal ju...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged ostatic

OStatic: Open Source is More Than a License

November 5, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

Has the terminology finally evolved in the debate over "who's open source?" It would seem so. After years of haggling over the essence of open source, free software or other monikers, Simon Phipps gets right to the point in "A Remarkable Reversal" - hi...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged mysql, oracle, ostatic

On OStatic: Subversion Joins the ASF

November 5, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

The Subversion corporation and project is joining the Apache Software Foundation. To mark the announcement, representatives from the Apache Software Foundation, the Subversion Project and CollabNet held a joint press conference at the downtown Oakland ...

Posted in Subversion, SyndicatedTagged apache software foundation, apachecon, asf, ostatic, svn

OStatic: Windows (L)users Are People, Too

October 19, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

In the world of open source, there's a narrative that has predominated since the time that the term open source was coined - that being the need for the underlying platform to be open source. We can tolerate proprietary software on an open platform, su...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged open source, ostatic

From OStatic: The Great Software Freedom Debate…

October 12, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

It seems that we can never quite get away from our industry's version of "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin." Namely, how open source are you? Or, as it is usually expressed: I'm more open source than you. I'm 'the real' open source, where...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged open source, ostatic

From OStatic: Can You Boycott a Boycott?

September 30, 2009 John MarkLeave a comment

From the things-that-should-never-happen-but-you-knew-they-would-eventually department, comes more flamage in the Mono advocates vs. anti-Mono advocates vs. the now anti-anti-Mono advocates. I never like it when columnists or reporters treat all bad id...

Posted in SyndicatedTagged ostatic

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