Friday November 30, 2007
links for 2007-11-30
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The history of ODF, from one of the guys who made it happen.
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Whoa, that's a lot of people to have drop in on you.
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This got touted to me twice today so I read the first chapter. Looks pretty good, may read the whole thing.
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Get ready to port OpenJDK to a few new places. *BSD, anyone?
Posted by webmink
( Nov 30 2007, 12:27:29 AM PST )
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Thursday November 29, 2007
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Fantastic new end-user support service from the OpenOffice.org community.
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I love this - like keeping a tank of piranhas. Maybe we'll have a Windows system in the house again one day after all.
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Luis hits the nail on the head, as usual. Classic case of negative campaigning hurting more than it helps.
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Cory D lays in to Ashley HIghfield of the BBC (or at least the policies he touts) with all the unarguable logic we've come to expect. Watch Highfield ignore him and continue to discriminate against early adopters.
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The first use of this Orwellian anti-terrorist power? Animal rights campaigners. I feel safer already.
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This looks like a very interesting development.
Posted by webmink
( Nov 29 2007, 12:21:11 AM PST )
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Wednesday November 28, 2007
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Whatever his faults, Jeff did not deserve the ad-hominem leveled against him. The one thing Gnome voters can learn from the incident is that the person who attacked him will prove a poor leader who destroys rather than encourages.
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Whoa - I got a name-check. Thanks, Stephen.
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An interview with one of the leaders of the group that created IcedTea.
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Delicious.
Posted by webmink
( Nov 28 2007, 12:25:34 AM PST )
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Saturday November 24, 2007
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( Nov 24 2007, 12:19:36 AM PST )
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Thursday November 22, 2007
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This port is a great example of the power of community. If Apple were smart they would sponsor this work in some way.
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Latest book of poems from America's greatest living poet now available here in the UK.
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I gather this Friday is the peak shopping day in the US - I'll be interested to see what Amazon comes up with to make the most of it on this special site they announced to "associates".
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Gorgeous advertisement from Apple.
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I've been collecting points casually on iPoints for a while now - pays for a case of wine every now and then, I just direct occasional purchases through them to online retailers would have used anyway.
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Fabrizio takes Funambol into the future by choosing the Affero GPLv3 license. I was surpised SugarCRM didn't wait for Affero, seems ideal for their business model just as it is ideal forFunambol's.
Posted by webmink
( Nov 22 2007, 12:30:44 AM PST )
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Wednesday November 21, 2007
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Background on why and how OpenSolaris has been donated kernel-level code for supporting CIFS/SMB.
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Mark fingers the ethical issues and inconsitencies behind Amazon's new Kindle device, and does it using Bezos own words.
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John writes what I had been thinking. The big problem with eBooks is that I can't pass them on to my children, who are now avidly reading much of my collection.
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Fortunately the bank we use for this payment is separate from the rest of our domestic finances, but this incident is completely disgraceful.
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I've heard plenty of people claim that the Free software community is afraid of GPL actually appearing in a court case. Seems SFLC is determined to prove that's untrue.
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It would be funny if it weren't so truthy.
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Let's see if this does anything about the trolls that have driven many of the useful participants away. The lists also need the restructure that Zak suggested, hope someone was listening.
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A license selection wizard for OpenOffice.org that adds license metadata to your document.
Posted by webmink
( Nov 21 2007, 12:22:49 AM PST )
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Tuesday November 20, 2007
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Saturday November 17, 2007
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I'm amazed to discover it was still in service. Just goes to show how long technologies can stay in the market after they have been deprecated.
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If this catches on we could see OpenJDK all over the place. Hope it does!
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Looks like I'll be speaking at this next Friday evening in Glasgow.
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"This is Version 1.0. There will be bugs in it. We don't want to support and open it until it is ready." After all, that might allow people to, you know, contribute. Fix the bugs. That sort of thing.
Posted by webmink
( Nov 17 2007, 12:21:46 AM PST )
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Friday November 16, 2007
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( Nov 16 2007, 04:20:08 AM PST )
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Thursday November 15, 2007
links for 2007-11-15
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The renaissance continues...
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Pretty good line-up of open source companies in this virtualisation announcement.
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I missed this when it came out. It's very interesting and make many good comments on the state of play.
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Many congratulations to both communities, looking forward to seeing your impact on the JCP.
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British Airways shows again that it is in need of a moral compass.
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This is a follow-up to a very sensationalist article when H/E/M popped up recently to attack ODF.
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A significant licensing first-step.
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This is quite ridiculous. These people broke into the guy's room and invaded his privacy. Regardless of how ridiculous his behaviour may have been, it was in private. How can he possibly deserve punishment?
Posted by webmink
( Nov 15 2007, 12:21:30 AM PST )
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