According to a survey conducted by Black Duck Software and North Bridge Venture Partners Open source software is taking over the software world. (I read it in this NetworkWorld article .) To be fair, there were only 800 participants in the survey, which means that there... [More]
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I got the title of this article as a question through a private Facebook message. I decided that this is probably something that a lot of people are thinking about, so I figured I'd post my thoughts here. (I've also been very sparse at writing here so hopefully this will get me back on track.) My... [More]
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I haven't been writing so much over the last few weeks. There are good reasons for it, but nothing that would particularly interest my average reader. Rest to say that I am living in interesting times. There's nothing really bad going on, but interesting nonetheless. There are a few things I'm... [More]
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Lots of random things today. Today's silly email From: Scam Mail DO YOU NEED A LOAN, IF YES REPLY FOR MORE INFO. At least they are honest about scamming you. IBM Linux on POWER I think Linux and the POWER architecture are an outstanding combination. I would really like to see a new POWER laptop to... [More]
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Today I got another one of those InfoWorld articles with one of those sensational titles called " Beware these open source lock-in schemes ". I had to take a look. The open-source world has really come a long way. I remember when telling people a product was open-source would be a cause... [More]
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I was at an event this weekend. It was a non-technical event with a group of artists. One of them had designed something which could be customized and had a DVD showing exactly how to recreate what he was doing. On the DVD he included a PhotoShop template that would automatically remix an image... [More]
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I recently had a call with some people who are interested in
contributing to the Real World Open Source and Real World Linux communities here one
developerWorks! Yay! I would like to see a lot more input by people in
these places. As a part of that conversation they requested me to
outline my... [More]
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Black Hat 2012 Computer security fascinates me. I freely admit that I don't have the chops that many do about cracking into or securing syststems, but I do alright for myself... on securing systems, that is. I'm certainly not claiming in any way that I spend time engaged in any activity that could... [More]
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Today I was looking over an interesting article called " Great open source map tools for Web developers ". Look, I'm taking off my IBM hat and setting it way over there. Now it's just you and me with no major corporations to bother us or be represented in any way. When you work in a... [More]
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(updated 2/20/2013) NOTE: As of February 2013 I am no longer the editor for Linux and Open Source on developerWorks. Don't worry! I didn't get fired or anything. I got rolled into a new team which draws upon all the skills I applied on developerWorks as well as exercising some of my other... [More]
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I just wanted to take some time to say thank you to all the people in the open-source world who make it possible for me to do so much with my little computer. Maintaining a project is a largely thankless task, with the greatest reward being to have what you want in the way that you want it. I... [More]
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I've been getting news here and there about the parting thoughts of Microsoft's software chief, Ray Ozzie. He wrote a blog entry which appears to see the future as not wrapped up on a PC. I'm still chewing on this one. My general view of Open Source is that it should take on the things that are so... [More]
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Vive LibreOffice! I've used OpenOffice.org since it was known as Star Office. (That's
been a while.) When it was absorbed into the Sun umbrella, I wasn't
sure what to expect, but Sun seemed to be a pretty good steward of the
project, even creating a plugin to allow Microsoft Office to read... [More]
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Here's some fun news: " Gartner Says
Android to Become No. 2 Worldwide Mobile Operating System in 2010 and
Challenge Symbian for No. 1 Position by 2014 ." I moved to a smart phone within the last year. In the past I hadn't
really needed one. When I went somewhere I typically had my... [More]
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A few interesting stories today. The first one, while not very deep and more of a sort of op-ed piece talks about Oracle's apparent battling with open source. It's called " Shuttleworth: Oracle dooms its prospects in open source business ." Oracle has made some interesting choices as... [More]
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Alas! LinuxCon has begun and I'm stuck here, up to my-- well... never you mind! I'm just not there this year. However, conventions about opensource things are increasingly friendly to virtual participation, so maybe I'll be able to look in a little. Today I already saw an interesting area on... [More]
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I read an interesting article by Art Seavey called " Planning ahead for a new breed of 'public' spaces ." It discusses the concept of government computing in contrast to public spaces, such as park land, city hall and other physical places that are manged by government. This is an... [More]
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Just a quick one today: One of the problems that open source software has in gaining traction is that it's not plastered through magazines, billboards and television commercials. Be snide about it if you want, but most open source projects are about getting the software right in-spite of the lack... [More]
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If you are a Firefox user, you may have heard about the vulnerability
discovered which could allow malicious web sites to steal passwords that
you have stored in your password safe. You didn't know that? It could
suck. I don't have the details, but you can get a hint in the
description... [More]
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I was catching up on my slashdot articles and found an interesting
note about a major computer manufacturer (hint: you'll find out who
it is if you follow the links) who has been dancing in and out of the closet issue about
supporting Linux as a viable option for users. Their latest round... [More]
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Chris Walden's thoughts and adventures as an open-source kind of guy. The ideas stated here are his own and don't necessarily represent the positions, strategies or opinions of IBM or its partners.
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