Friday December 05, 2008 Link Roundup to December 5
- The End Of Online Anonymity
I've always said that anonymity is a privilege to be justified and treasured and Sarah Perez seems to support that view her in her discussion of the consequences of the MySpace bullying case and it's over-reaching effects. - Mass resistance to new offence of publishing inform
The UK is introducing more over-reaching legislation that will provide a great tool for oppression when the time comes. - Analysis on Balance - Standardisation and Patents
Well worth reading Georg's paper. - Why defend freedom of icky speech?
Neil Gaiman on why it's always right to defend free speech, and also on why we need to be on our guard against laws that allow individual interests and interest groups to impose their views against us through over-reaching laws. - Project Jigsaw
"Sun plans now to work directly with the OSGi Alliance so that a future version of the OSGi Framework may fully leverage the features of JSR 294 and thereby achieve tighter integration with the language." Excellent news for all involved,delighted to see it happening. - Seth's Blog: How to answer the phone
"The only reason to answer the phone when a customer calls is to make the customer happy. If you're not doing this or you are unable to do this, do not answer the phone." Yes! Oh yes! - Valley Girls: Mitchell Baker
A BBC interview with Mozilla's fearless leader covers both the flying trapese and the tangles with Microsoft. Interesting to see neither Google nor Sun mentioned despite their place in the story.
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( Dec 05 2008, 04:31:00 AM PST )
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