How to fight the FUD
What the Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) needs right now is a little PR help. So start spreading the GNUs.
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The latest news and views on all things Linux and open source by seasoned Unix and Linux user Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge PC operating system. SJVN covers networking, Linux, open source, and operating systems.
Paula Rooney
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Latest Posts
Stallman's new campaign to free the BIOS
The biggest threat to free software may be Moore's Law. That's because while it's easy to get free applications and free operating systems, you can't get a free BIOS.
Debian release update
Wondering about the status of Debian "Sarge," otherwise known as the next stable release of Debian? Andreas Barth has posted an update for the next Debian installer release candidate (RC3), which also gives some clue as to when Sarge might finally show up for duty.
Major applications tiptoe toward open source
Late last year we identified a trend of second-tier application vendors making their products open source.The trend for 2005 is for major applications to tiptoe into this water, looking for competitive advantage with limited releases of source code.
Putting Linux on your iPod
New Scientist reports that a German teen,Nils Schneider, has managed to get Linux working on his iPod by using sound.Herr Schneidersays Bernard Leach, a UK software engineer who helped set up the so-called iPod Linux project, worked out how to control the piezoelectric component within the iPod, which clicks when you load songs.
Open source and PR
Nathan Willis suggests that open source could take a cue from Apple's PR department. Specifically, Willis says that open source projects would do well to emulate Apple's PR practices, given that Apple manages to garner huge amounts of news coverage each time they do product announcements.
Blender offers open source film production
Movie production has gone open source with Blender 3D. A new version is now being reviewed.
Inside IBM's open source strategy
IBM's open source strategy is pretty simple when you come right down to it.Linux, and open source, will unite IBM's past with computing's future.
Lies, damned lies, and browser market share statistics
As a professional journalist, I find itfrustrating when my brethren repeat press releases verbatim, without looking inside them. Such is the case with recent "reporting" on Firefox.