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Barefoot Software Launch Australian
Swimsuit Edition-Free, a Free Mobile
Phone and Wireless Device Service for
Cardmate on Symbian Devices
Barefoot Software Launch Australian
Swimsuit Edition-Free, a Free Mobile
Phone and Wireless Device Service for
Cardmate on Symbian Devices
06/12/2004 02:48 AMBarefoot Software Asia Limited (BSAL) is pleased to announce the
launch Australian Swimsuit Edition-Free (ASE), via the Barefoot
Software website (http://www.barefootsoft.com) for immediate download.
ASE is a Cardmate application for mobile phones which is being
launched for Free as a promotional application to end users who have a
Symbian based mobile phone. ASE, the first Australian swimsuit model
application for Smartphone devices in the World can initially be
downloaded by users who have a Nokia (6600/3650/7650), Sony Ericsson
P800/P900 and other compatible phones from the barefoot Web site.
[PRWEB Jun 12, 2004]
the permission society: stay free!
stories
the permission society: stay free!
stories
06/24/2005 07:26 PMStay Free! has a
fantastically interesting
s
tory about the struggles of a film maker with the permission
society.
PHP: Free Software on Free Tools
PHP: Free Software on Free Tools
05/17/2004 10:25 AMOpen
Source: Open Source Scripting Made Easy: This is an article about
PHP scripting tools that makes an important point:
Commercial scripting languages have drawn success from
powerful and widely used development tools: ASP has Visual Studio,
ColdFusion has Macromedia's Dreamweaver, and JSP has a variety of
tools from commercial sources such as Borland and open source projects
such as Eclipse and NetBeans. PHP's enormous success, however, is not
tied to specific tools.
Some friends of mine have been working with Microsoft's .Net
platform. They tell me it's amazing ("fan-friggin'-tastic," one of
them called it). This is great, but I guess I don't like anything
where the barrier to entry is so high — first you have to have a
Windows server, then you have to have the Windows dev environment.
I code PHP in EditPlus,
which cost me all of $30, and that was an optional purchase because
there are so many other free alternatives. Maybe I'm just a snob.
Via PHP|Architect.
Click here to comment on this entry
Free Culture Phase 2 Conference
Free Culture Phase 2 Conference
06/17/2005 05:02 PMA little late on the blogging (due to travel), but still worth
reporting on:
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to attend the Free
Culture Phase 2 conference. The conference was organized by
Malkia Lydia and Colin Mutchler (father of Creative Commons' theme
song My Life and
Free Culture Tour),
and sponsored by American University.
It brought together a small number of diverse younger and older
activists, including Freeculture.org, Downhill Battle, Listen Up, Third World Majority, Eyebeam, and many more. The diverse
group struggled to understand what free culture truly means in the
context of global economics, access to technology, and traditional
knowledge. The group also shared ideas, art, and experiences using
new media as a tool for social justice. Though it wasn't clearly
defined what Phase 2 might be, it was understood to me that the root
of what everyone was doing came from a common passion for citizen
self-determination and empowerment.
Young Workers Are Changing India's
Politics and Society
Young Workers Are Changing India's
Politics and Society
08/21/2004 07:17 AMIn a demographic bubble that is transforming India, 54 percent of the
country's one billion plus people are now under the age of 25.
Macworld Conference Features Free
Educational Program
Macworld Conference Features Free
Educational Program
12/30/2004 02:16 AMDay three, Thursday, January 13, will focus on the wide variety of
creative applications available on the Mac and will cover such topics
as: "Tips for Digital Photographers," "How to Make a DVD with Your
Mac," "AppleScript in Microsoft Office," and "Tips and Tricks for
Getting Your Web site Found."
Free conference seats: at Government UK
IT summit: Book it now!
Free conference seats: at Government UK
IT summit: Book it now!
04/14/2004 03:50 AMPublicTechnology.net Apr 14 2004 7:56AM GMT
Pre-conference workshops offered free to
WWDC attendees
Pre-conference workshops offered free to
WWDC attendees
04/09/2004 03:55 PMApple is offering attendees of this year's
Worldwide
Developer Conference (WWDC) a series of free hands-on workshops
before WWDC 2004 gets underway. The pre-conference workshops are
scheduled for Sunday, June 27, and they'll be held onsite at the
Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco, Calif.
PresenterNet Integrates Conference
Calling Free-of-Charge
PresenterNet Integrates Conference
Calling Free-of-Charge
06/17/2005 03:27 PMPresenterNet, provider of online interactive Web presentation
services, today announced integration of free conference calling.
Though the new service is available as an option to all users,
PresenterNet will also continue to offer interactive Web conferencing
as a standalone user service. [PRWEB Jun 15, 2005]
Organizers talk Mac Design Conference;
free passes offered
Organizers talk Mac Design Conference;
free passes offered
05/25/2004 11:34 AMOrganizers of the second annual Mac Design Conference say that
attendance should hit 1,000, which would be an increase of 200 from
the 2003 (and first) event...
Celerus Networks® Unveils All-In-One
Wi-Fi Management Software Suite in a
Free Software License Package – Offer
Makes Wi-Fi More Affordable than Ever
Celerus Networks® Unveils All-In-One
Wi-Fi Management Software Suite in a
Free Software License Package – Offer
Makes Wi-Fi More Affordable than Ever
06/22/2005 02:31 AMCelerus Networks ships its feature-rich Wi-Fi management software
suite with a no-cost software license delivering unprecedented savings
to network builders & managers. The wireless management package
offers unsurpassed affordability coupled with comprehensive support
services. [PRWEB Jun 20, 2005]
Mobilization of Software Developers: The
Free Software Movement
Mobilization of Software Developers: The
Free Software Movement
06/17/2004 05:32 AMMobilization of Software Developers: The Free Software
Movement by Margret S. Elliott and Walter Scacchihttp://ope
nsource.mit.edu/papers/elliottscacchi2.pdfAbstract by Author:Free/open source software
(F/OSS) development projects are growing at a rapid rate. Globally
dispersed virtual communities with large groups of software developers
contribute time and effort often without pay. One force behind this
phenomenon is the Free Software Movement (FSM), a 20 year-old social
movement whose purpose is to promote the use of free software instead
of proprietary software. We show how the ideology of the FSM
influences software development work practices in F/OSS communities
and how an occupational community of F/OSS developers has emerged from
this movement. We present results from an empirical study of a F/OSS
development community, GNUenterprise (GNUe) whose purpose is to build
an Enterprise Resource Planning system. We show how the beliefs in
freedom and freedom of choice, and the values of cooperative work and
community building are manifested in the GNUe norms of informal
self-management, immediate acceptance of fellow contributors, and open
disclosure.
PhotoshopWorld Conference opens its Tech
Expo to public...FREE passes too!
PhotoshopWorld Conference opens its Tech
Expo to public...FREE passes too!
08/23/2004 02:31 PMResponse to PhotoshopWorld Conference & Tech Expo
has been so positive, conference organizers are opening the Tech Expo
to the public for one day only on Thurs., Sept. 2 from 10:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. Tech Expo admission is $20 per person at the door, or
interested parties can
go online in advance of Sept. 2 to reserve a "free"
pass at or call 800-738-8513.
Free Linux Certification Offered at 2005
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in Boston
Free Linux Certification Offered at 2005
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo in Boston
02/01/2005 09:05 PMdBusinessNews.com Jan 28 2005 12:01PM GMT
Leading Author Dan Shafer to Present
Fifth Free Runtime Revolution Online
Programming Conference
Leading Author Dan Shafer to Present
Fifth Free Runtime Revolution Online
Programming Conference
06/24/2005 04:10 PMAuthor will present at programming conference that will cover using
properties and skins to create stunning multi-platform software. Free
software accompanying the conference is available. The conference is
open to all, even those who are using the free trial edition of
Revolution. [PRWEB Jun 24, 2005]
Virus-free, spam-free, secure email a
step closer
Virus-free, spam-free, secure email a
step closer
09/27/2004 10:38 AMHoly Grail spotted in Leeds...
"Better performance with Bonded-Pairs -
FREE cable samples; FREE CD"
"Better performance with Bonded-Pairs -
FREE cable samples; FREE CD"
07/28/2004 04:34 AMFree After Rebate - The best things in
life are free, after sixto eight weeks
Free After Rebate - The best things in
life are free, after sixto eight weeks
01/23/2004 04:14 PMThis website lists stuff that ends up costing you nothing except the
(sometimes costly) shipping charges. What a great idea.
Link (via GlennLog)Free James Brown, free all Political
Prisoners....
Free James Brown, free all Political
Prisoners....
11/17/2003 09:15 AMJust Say Go!!
David Weinberger points at the "Send Back Your MP3" site this
morning. I think this is just the thing for children of all ages
- from eight to eighty - we can all start to feel better about
ourselves by sending back our MP3s to the RIAA. As for me, I
prefer the hex dump, but you might want to save a tree in your neck of
the woods and fax the data back electronically! I know I have a
fax program that doesn't require me to print out out hard copy before
I fax. Maybe you do too!
help the British think about free
software?
help the British think about free
software?
09/03/2004 09:26 PMThe UK Parliamentary Office on Science and Technology is preparing a
POST note on 'Open Source'. (No, I didn't know what a POST note is
exactly either, but check it out
here.) The author is looking for helpful comments. I've created a
temporary email address
for David Berry. You can send him comments at that address for a week.
You don't have to use free software
until you're ready
You don't have to use free software
until you're ready
08/02/2004 08:24 AMOne thing I try to drive home when speaking or giving an interview
about Linux and open source software is the concept that, unlike
commercial software, open source doesn't need more people to use it.
You can take your time and use what you want when you want.
Not just free software under threat
Not just free software under threat
06/01/2004 10:32 AMLetter Richard Stallman writes
Unmaintained Free Software
Unmaintained Free Software
04/07/2005 05:18 AMNew Wiki
Apple Software: The End Of Free
Apple Software: The End Of Free
01/11/2004 09:23 PMI am not going to suggest that Apple reverse its path... On the other
hand, I do want to see Apple set as low a price point for its stuff as
possible. By Gene Steinberg (Mac Night Owl via MyAppleMenu)
Experts to Demystify the Challenges of
Lead-Free Wave Soldering in Free, Live
Webcast Seminar... Thursday, March 17th
– 11 a.m. to Noon, U.S. E.T.
Experts to Demystify the Challenges of
Lead-Free Wave Soldering in Free, Live
Webcast Seminar... Thursday, March 17th
– 11 a.m. to Noon, U.S. E.T.
03/14/2005 04:12 PMSMT manufacturing experts will explore and demystify the challenges of
lead-free wave soldering in a free, live webcast seminar on Thursday,
March 17, 2005, at 11 AM, U.S. Eastern Time. [PRWEB Feb 28, 2005]
Getting Help the Free Software (and Open
Source) Way
Getting Help the Free Software (and Open
Source) Way
10/28/2003 11:06 PM
What happens when the effectiveness of your favorite search
engine turns against you, when it becomes almost too effective to be
useful, giving you so much information that you're not sure where to
start?... Well, my overworked friend, you're in luck. Today, I'll be
covering the holy grail of information gathering: asking people... In
the process, I will also show you some of the better locations to
begin your searches and give you a few pointers in getting the most
out of your queries.
A Brief History of Free Software, Part 1
A Brief History of Free Software, Part 1
08/07/2004 01:40 AMWe all love free software, but how much do we know about the origins
of it? Interested to find out what Open Source, GNU and GPL really
mean?
Join me for a unique Freeloader Friday look at what
could be software's most important movement, and find out how
it effects you as a Mac user.
New Papers at Opensource and Free
Software MIT
New Papers at Opensource and Free
Software MIT
01/01/2004 12:18 PMThe following papers have been recently posted to New Papers on:
http://freesoftware.mit.eduhttp://opensource.mit.eduPAPER 1Author:
Vadén
Tere
Title:
Intellectual Property, Open Source
and Free Softwarehttp://opensource.mi
t.edu/papers/vaden.pdfAbstract
The notion of
intellectual property is used in order to create digital commodities.
While the commodification of code is useful for certain kinds of
knowledge intesive work (the Taylorist forms), it severely disrupts
other types of knowledge creation. Applying Scott Lash's division of
knowledge creation into organisational and disorganisational types, we
also gain insight into the different positions towards IP held by
different wings of the FOSS community.
PAPER
2Authors:
Garzarelli, Giampaolo & Roberto
Galoppini
Title:
Capability Coordination in
Modular Organization: Voluntary FS/OSS Production and the Case of
Debian GNU/Linuxhttp:/
/opensource.mit.edu/papers/garzarelligaloppini.pdfAbstract:
The paper analyzes voluntary Free Software/Open
Source Software (FS/OSS) organization of work. The empirical setting
considered is the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. The paper finds
that the production process is hierarchical notwithstanding the
modular (nearly decomposable) architecture of software and of
voluntary FS/OSS organization. But voluntary FS/OSS project
organization is not hierarchical for the same reasons suggested by the
most familiar theories of economic organization: hierarchy is
justified for coordination of continuous change, rather than for the
direction of static production. Hierarchy is ultimately the overhead
attached to the benefits engendered by modular organization.
PAPER 3Author:
Modica,
Salvatore
Title:
Knowledge Transfer in R&D
Outsourcing (and Linux-Vs-Windows)http://opensource.m
it.edu/papers/modica.pdfAbstract:
Why did
Microsoft not hire all those smart programmers who ended up developing
Linux through the internet? Because, we answer, the value of the
information about its operating system that Microsoft should have
transferred to any of them to render her productive would have been
too high compared to her expected individual contribution, so that
after writing a contract with Microsoft the typical developer would
have run away to sell the acquired knowledge on the market. On the
other hand, knowledge transfer in R&D outsourcing is not always so
critical, and for example in the pharmaceutical and chemical
industries research contracts are extensively used, usually in the
context of a long term relationship between firm and innovator. We
analyze this kind of repeated interaction, and find that when the
knowledge-transfer problem is not blocking, the firm should transfer
to the innovator as much information as it is compatible with the
latter's incentive constraints.
PAPER 4Author
Dafermos, George
Title:
Blogging the Markethttp://opensourc
e.mit.edu/papers/dafermos3.pdfAbstract:
Weblogs
have been recently characterised as the "open source media". And in
much the same way that open source software is been deployed, marketed
and sold within both commercial and non-commercial contexts, weblogs
can advance both commercial and non-commercial objectives. However, in
this primary - research paper, the focus is on the benefits that
organisations can seize by embracing weblogs, and how weblogs are
bound to revitalise marketplace and workplace conversations. In
addition, several case studies are being analysed, ranging from
Slashdot and Openflows to Amazon, Macromedia, Groove Networks, and
Gizmodo.
PAPER 5Author:
McCormick, Chip
Title:
The Big Project That
Never Ends': Role and Task Negotiation Within an Emerging Occupational
Community (Dissertation in progress)http://opensourc
e.mit.edu/papers/mccormick.pdfAbstract:
This
dissertation involved in-depth interviews of over fifty open source
developers in two major open source projects. The primary areas of
interest were 1) conducting an ethnographic study of the work
practices and culture of 'post-burecratic' organizations to see what
lessons these groups may hold for managing intellectual labor and 2)
examining whether the open source movement represents a new
professional model for software engineering.
PAPER
6Updated Paper
Author:
Chiao,
Benjamin Hak-Fung
Title:
An Economic Theory of
Free and Open Source Software: A Tour from Lighthouse to Chinese-Style
Socialism (revised version)http://opensource.mi
t.edu/papers/chiao.pdfAbstract
The theory is that
free and open source software is private property under the guise of
common property. Such software is distributed mostly under the GNU
General Public License. The intents in The GNU Manifesto suggest
striking similarities between this license and communism. The
resulting economic properties, however, are similar to those of
Chinese-style socialism: both resulted from an increased separation of
legal and economic ownership. The phenomenal growth of China in the
last twenty five years and of such software in the past few years
could be attributed to such separation.
PAPER
7Abstract Submission
Author:
Muffatto, Moreno & Matteo Faldani
Title:
Open Source as a Complex Adaptive System - Published in
Emergence 5 (3)http://www.emergence.org/Abstract:
The Open Source community and its
activities can be considered to have the characteristics of a system.
The Open Source system is distinctive because it is neither controlled
by a central authority that defines strategy and organization nor
totally chaotic. It can be placed at a middle position between a
planned system and a chaotic one. In this sort of position there are
non-formal rules which allow the system to produce significant
results. The Complex Adaptive System theory can be used to better
understand and analyze the Open Source system. This work presents a
description of the main characteristics of the functioning of the Open
Source community regarding its organizational structure and
development process. The concept of complex adaptive system is then
introduced and its functioning mechanisms briefly described. Finally,
we will interpret the characteristics of the Open Source community in
the context of complex adaptive systems theory.
Free Software Foundation meeting this
Sat at MIT
Free Software Foundation meeting this
Sat at MIT
03/23/2005 02:53 AMCory Doctorow:
 John sez, "but the Free Software Foundation associate membership
meeting is this coming Saturday, March 26, at MIT's Stata Center in
Cambridge, MA. The meeting will feature a solid day of presentations
from Lawrence Lessig, Eben Moglen, Richard Stallman, and other free
software luminaries. The members get a chance to hang out, eat good
food, maybe even sign some GPG keys. We said the RSVP deadline was
March 18th, but we'll still take 'em if people want to
sign up as a member
and then
RSVP."
Link
(
Thanks, John!)
Free software to aid poor doctors
Free software to aid poor doctors
12/19/2003 11:23 AMBBC Dec 19 2003 4:05AM ET
"CleanSoftware.org - Free software, no
nasties!"
"CleanSoftware.org - Free software, no
nasties!"
12/29/2004 03:31 AMIn Brief: SOA Software offers free
Registry
In Brief: SOA Software offers free
Registry
04/19/2005 12:09 PMSOA Software (formerly Digital Evolution) is offering its Registry
product for free for a limited time. Registry is an enterprise-class
UDDI Version 3-compliant services registry and meta-data repository.
By offering its Registry at no charge, SOA Software hopes to encourage
adoption of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions.
"Picasa Software Now Available from
Google (Free)"
"Picasa Software Now Available from
Google (Free)"
07/17/2004 08:59 PMWhat is open source and what is free
software?
What is open source and what is free
software?
03/06/2004 01:59 AMWhenever I mention open source software, or the Linux operating
system, I can be sure of getting lots of "interesting" mail in my
inbox. There's a good bit of confusion about open source software
among members of the general public, journalists of the general press
and even among those of us who should know better.
Free Software In Iran, KDE In Farsi
Free Software In Iran, KDE In Farsi
12/29/2003 03:40 AMElektroschock writes "KDE, the leading *nix desktop environment, is
translated to Farsi (=Persian). Now native language KDE can be used in
Iran as well. Farsi ...
Free Software on a Cheap Computer
Free Software on a Cheap Computer
04/10/2005 12:50 PMCommentary: Free software on Windows
Commentary: Free software on Windows
07/17/2004 08:16 AMI haven't used Windows very often in the past seven or eight years. I
declared my independence on July 4, 1998, and I've never looked back.
Recently I was issued a company laptop. It came with Windows XP
preinstalled, of course, since it is an IBM ThinkPad and only
Microsoft operating systems are available preloaded on IBM (and HP,
and Dell) desktops and laptops destined for North American consumers.
I decided for various reasons to make the ThinkPad a dual-boot
machine. Color me surprised at what I've learned about the Windows
platform since. Who knew there is so much free -- as in speech --
software available for Windows these days?
Why schools should use exclusively free
software
Why schools should use exclusively free
software
11/10/2003 10:58 PMThere are general reasons why all computer users should insist on free
software. It gives users the freedom to control their own
computers--with proprietary software, the computer does what the
software owner wants it to do, not what you want it to do. And it
gives users the freedom to cooperate with each other, to lead an
upright life. These apply to schools as they do to everyone. But there
are special reasons that apply to schools.
Free software and Open Source
Free software and Open Source
04/10/2005 07:12 AMFree software and Open Source: The freedom Debate and Its
Consequences By Mathias Klanght
tp://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/klang/index.htmlAbstract:To most outsiders the ethics
of software is not something usually considered. To most proficient
computer users with a passing interest in this question the ethics of
software is recognised as one of the fundamental questions in the
digital rights area. To most of the latter, terms such as free
software, open source, and their derivatives (FLOSS, FOSS, Software
Freedom) are interchangeable. Choosing one over the other is a matter
of taste rather than politics. However, to most insiders the
question is not one of taste. There is a fundamental difference
between the two areas even if they share a similar root. Free software
is not the same as open source. The two groups differ in their
fundamental philosophical approach to software and its importance to
society as a whole. This paper examines the two groups’ differing
philosophies and explores how their actions have affected software
development, access to fundamental software infrastructure, and the
development of the concept of freedom.
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