Open source 'too costly' for Irish e-gov
According to this report the Irish Government has found that using “only open source software could, in the long run, be more expensive.” The announcement came from “Mary Hanafin, Ireland’s Minister...
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What is Trust?
Tom Chi has a great article on What is Trust? The problem is that human intention will always feedthrough in human designed systems, and we have no technology that will ever make all humans...
View ArticleSoftware Patents Adopted in EU
It appears from this write-up that software patents are legal in the EU now, and came into being in a very undemocratic way. More: BBC Related Posts crap. software patents now almost legal in EU (fwd)...
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The EU Software Patents Debate
Niall Walsh is transcribing yesterday’s debate in the EU parliament. Unfortunately his post to the ILUG hasn’t appeared in the archive yet, but Justin Mason’s reply includes Niall’s email. Niall...
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ESR: "We Don't Need the GPL Anymore"
I don’t agree with ESR in this interview but it’s always good to take on different view-points. They cover a lot more GPL related topics too, so enjoy! Related Posts If you don't like Microsoft… …...
View Article"The Myth of Open-Source"
JBoss founder Marc Fleury explains in this interview how his open-source startup makes money! Great interview, and lots of good points for those who think the giving away the code always means other...
View ArticleMore Linux eye candy: CGWD Themes
If you’ve seen my desktop machine at home you’ll realise I’m a big fan of the Xgl and compiz stuff and now thanks to a Linux Journal article I’ve discovered the CGWD Themer. Installing it in Ubuntu is...
View ArticleWe are live from BarCamp South East!
Here I am blogging away at BarCamp South East. It’s been a great day so far. My talk was scheduled for 10:50am which was a relief to get out of the way. Feedback has been positive too and horrors of...
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