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I am on the Programme Committee for the upcoming LibreOffice Conference in Paris, and as a consequence I get to see the stream of paper submissions. There have already been a lot of diverse submissions and it’s already clear it will be a very interesting conference, but there is still room for more. Make sure [...]
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Yesterday saw the launch of the Open Cloud Initiative here at OSCON in Portland. It has the potential to steer the evolution of cloud computing just as the Open Source Initiative did. With every cloud provider today either using centralised service or proprietary software as a way to lock in customers, this is extremely timely. [...]
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Scoop: Oracle scrubs site of embarrassing Java blog The Internet never forgets. VLC and unwelcome redistributors A more detailed article explaining the problem VLC is having with companies using not just the code (which they are free to do) but also the reputation of an open source project as part of dubious business practices. This [...]
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‘B’ Ark Which ark are you aboard?
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Heading West To SFO, a set on Flickr. A delightfully clear afternoon flying across Nevada to San Francisco allowed me to take some splendid photographs. Check out especially the shot of Half Dome and the colours of the salt pans in San Francisco Bay.
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Pie Charts In The Plains, a set on Flickr. Flying from Chicago to San Francisco today I was struck by the fact that there were bar charts, pie charts and many more visible everywhere.
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Google’s Six-Front War Big-risk strategy in play here. Let’s hope their plan is visionary and strong, as there’s no doubt that the technology industry needs the disruption. BBC to survey UK mobile coverage The BBC have an Android app that gathers signal strength data the whole time. I can’t think of anyone else I would [...]
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FLOSS: Accept no substitutes | ITworld These sorts of scams were a serious problem that we spent a great deal of thought addressing in connection with OpenOffice.org. I am concerned there may be no-one dealing with them right now (or, indeed, in the future…) (tags: FOSS OpenSource Scam) How I Evaluate Terms of Service for [...]
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Will you be in Portland (the one in Oregon in the USA) next week? ForgeRock would love to meet you during OSCON. Join us at Kells at 6pm on Thursday July 28th (it’s an easy and free Max ride from the Convention Center and you can easily make it back for the State of the [...]
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Why PROTECT IP Will Fail: Cultural Acceptance, Not Fear Of Punishment, Makes People Abide By Laws The key lesson from prohibition, ignored by policy hawks, is that “it is cultural acceptance of legal norms, not fear of punishment, that makes a free society a law-abiding one”. join.me – Free Screen Sharing and Online Meetings Interesting [...]
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