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The Mythical Man-Month Keeps on Giving

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:04:25 +0000

I’ve recently been re-reading Fred Brooks’s The Mythical Man-Month for something like the fourth or fifth time. It’s one of those textbooks that’s so well-written and a joy to read it becomes a work of literature. It’s also a book that keeps on giving. Every time I read it I seem to get something new […]

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SourceForge Gives Me a Morality Poser

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:21:25 +0000

As an administrator on a SourceForge-based project, I was recently sent this email by SourceForge (SF): SourceForge has project settings to help you comply with regulations governing distribution of software to persons from certain countries (aka Export Controls). We’ve had some recent questions about these settings, so have sent out this note to all administrators […]

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Myths and Misconceptions: What Open Source ISN'T

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:28:31 +0000

The Computer Floss series continues over at YouTube. Here’s what was talked about in episode 2, “Myths and Misconceptions”: A few myths and misconceptions have arisen over the years about what free and open source software actually is. This edition of Computer Floss addresses some of these and spells out what open source isn’t. Myth: […]

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