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Understanding Free and Open Source Software

5 January 2010

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There are many misconceptions floating around about free and open source software (foss). The purpose of this article is to address them and to better inform people. The first response I seem to get when I discuss ‘free software’ is, oh…

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The Open University?

26 November 2008

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The UK’s Open Source Consortium has accused the Open University of breaching its founding principles.  The Open University came about in the 1960’s as a move towards making university education available to all regardless of income or gender. Given the sort of…

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Cloud computing trap

1 October 2008

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Richard Stallman has spoken out about cloud computing and what he believes is a trap aimed at forcing people to buy into proprietary systems. Cloud computing is basically where you store data online or run your servers via remote. Millions of people now upload…

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Free Open Source Software comes to UK schools

29 September 2008

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It is great to hear that at least one Open Source company has now made it onto Becta’s official list of suppliers to the UK education sector.  As usual it’s all about money. The Open Source community has always advocated that schools in the UK…

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Microblogging @ Jokaydia Unconference

27 September 2008

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I have to say a big thank you to Henny Zimer in Second Life aka Jeff Agamenoni, he and Chris presented a Microblogging session earlier as part of the Jokaydia Unconference. If you missed it then you missed out! Well…

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Lenovo ditches Linux

15 September 2008

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I was reading desktoplinux.com and found this interesting article: Lenovo, which years ago purchased IBMs personal computer business, appears to have quietly stopped offering Linux as a pre-installation option. None of the company’s 49 ThinkPad and IdeaPad notebook models — nor its…

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Quebec government sued for buying Microsoft software

4 September 2008

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FACIL, a non-profit association which promotes the collective appropriation of Free Software, has filed a motion before the Quebec Superior Court contesting the purchasing methods of the Quebec government. Between Feb and June 2008 the government purchased proprietary software from…

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Eventful weekend

10 May 2006

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A bit of a late post, one day I might have a mobile phone that can take pics and send email, I’m not big on mobile phones, anyway I enjoyed the Buddha’s birthday festival, the food was good, the entertainment…

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