Monthly Archives: June 2009
Happy Birthday, Alan Turing
| June 23, 2009 | Posted by Karl Beecher under News |
Today is the birthday of a founding father of my field, and war hero of course, Alan Turing. read more
A Review of "Inside the Anthill: Open Source Means Business"
| June 3, 2009 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Opinion |
A recent radio broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (your grandmother’s favourite radio station) entitled “Inside the Anthill: Open Source Means Business” was advertised as “Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate ‘open source’ computer software“. (Spot the irony in going “behind the scenes” to investigate something that is done openly and transparently.) But let… read more
What's in a Name? Free vs. Libre vs. Open Source
| June 2, 2009 | Posted by Karl Beecher under Computer Floss series |
The next episode of Computer Floss, a YouTube series aimed at educating about FLOSS. This one attempts to clear up the naming issues and the so-called differences between Free/Libre/Open Source. Here’s a transcript: read more
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