UK Geographic Data Consultation It’s the last day to respond to this consultation. Some ideas for your response (which I suggest you send by e-mail as the form on this page is a bit suspect): There needs to be a clear separation between the mapping data, which needs to be freely available to the public [...]
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Umberto Eco – "Writings: IBM vs. Mac" This piece from 1994 was mentioned in a message I received today and seems more relevant than ever – although it may be that "Google" now plays the role of "DOS" and it may be that the churchmanship involved for them is an evangelical house-church… (tags: Mac DOS [...]
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Now A No-Evil Zone Great to see Tim has already landed a new job after leaving Sun – congratulations. It will be good to have someone on hand to get support for my new phone! Let’s hope the requirement for editorial vetting is just for the initial posting. (tags: TimBray Sun Oracle Google work) ACTA [...]
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Let’s create a groundswell against the Digital Economy Bill
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U.S. on ACTA: Full Steam Ahead "The U.S. position for the moment appears closer to 'take it or leave it' with the bet that many ACTA partners will see little political alternative but to take it." — I agree that's likely to be what the US "negotiators" think, but they surely have to take seriously [...]
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Rove ‘proud’ of US waterboarding terror suspects No, not spin, he really means it. A sad illustration of the gaping intellectual chasm in American politics. (tags: USA Torture Bush Rove Politics) SuperPower: Visualising the internet Nice infographics from the BBC showing the evolution of use of the internet worldwide. (tags: Internet visualisation BBC History) Everything [...]
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OSfA takes effective action on behalf of America’s open source communities
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OSFA Refutes IIPA’s Attack on Open Source Software Responding to the request for action, Open Source for America has published a strong refutation of the position IIPA has taken on open source. “Open Source for America (OSFA) believes the IIPA’s request to be both irresponsible and misleading in its characterization of OSS. OSFA strongly urges [...]
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§ I gather that the Board of Directors of the Open Source Initiative met on Sunday to elect the board for their 2010-11 financial year. I am both honoured and delighted to discover that they have elected me as a Director, with effect from April 1st. That’s an auspicious date . One or two friends [...]
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