Free software, for the sake of regional identity

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OptiDisc Solutions Announces Additional
Regional Expansion – OptiDisc opens
regional offices in both Los Angeles, CA
and Denver, CO

OptiDisc Solutions Announces Additional
Regional Expansion – OptiDisc opens
regional offices in both Los Angeles, CA
and Denver, CO 07/08/2004 02:05 AM
OptiDisc Solutions, LLC (OptiDisc) is pleased to announce that it has expanded into two new regional markets – Los Angeles, CA and Denver, CO. [PRWEB Jul 8, 2004]

New HP OpenView software streamlines
identity management, IT security

New HP OpenView software streamlines
identity management, IT security 07/01/2004 01:58 AM
Sunday Times South Africa Jul 1 2004 6:25AM GMT

India's Upcoming Free Software, Free
Society Conference

India's Upcoming Free Software, Free
Society Conference 06/05/2005 11:10 PM
Free software advocates and IT delegates from around the world will be in Kerala, India, this week in the hopes of building free software collaborations for the future.

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 AM
Barefoot 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]

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 AM
Celerus 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 AM
Mobilization of Software Developers: The Free Software Movement by Margret S. Elliott and Walter Scacchi
http://ope nsource.mit.edu/papers/elliottscacchi2.pdf

Abstract 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.

Leading Identity Management Vendors Join
Microsoft to Demonstrate Federated
Identity Using Web Services

Leading Identity Management Vendors Join
Microsoft to Demonstrate Federated
Identity Using Web Services 05/25/2004 11:30 PM
Microsoft Corp., together with six of the industry's leading identity management vendors, today previewed interoperable federated identity management solutions based on the Web services architecture (WS-*). Software companies IBM Corp., Netegrity Inc., Oblix Inc., OpenNetwork Technologies, Ping Identity Corp., RSA Security Inc. and Microsoft have successfully concluded work demonstrating how their identity management technologies interoperate using the Web Services Federation (WS-Federation) specification, part of the WS Security set of specifications. In his Tech•Ed keynote address today, Andrew Lees, corporate vice president for Server and Tools Marketing at Microsoft, showed how federated identity management based on WS-Federation and the WS-* architecture will simplify the work of IT professionals as they seek to cut the cost and complexity of passing identity credentials across security and organization boundaries in a Web services environment.

For Goodness Sake

For Goodness Sake 06/10/2004 12:49 PM
Last night I attended a Sake tasting event at a private home. Most of my prior experience has been at sushi bars like Myake's where make you stand on your chair and say something that sounds like "itchy knees, scratchy...

PHP: Free Software on Free Tools

PHP: Free Software on Free Tools 05/17/2004 10:25 AM

Open 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.

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"oh, for fuck sake. could i have any
MORE Dubya Disgust???"

"oh, for fuck sake. could i have any
MORE Dubya Disgust???" 11/03/2003 09:33 PM

Robots Suffer for Art's Sake

Robots Suffer for Art's Sake 12/25/2004 05:13 PM
A new Wired article discusses the problem Hollywood seems to have with robots and technology in general. They seem to make a large number of movies in which technology in general and robots in particular are evil. Artist Fernando Orellana, among others, thinks Hollywood is wrong. Orellana has created a kinetic art piece called Unending Enclosure for the Art & Artificial Life International Competition that offers an alternate view of three robots that are frightened of humans.

The Pitfalls Of Using Technology For
Technology's Sake

The Pitfalls Of Using Technology For
Technology's Sake 09/21/2004 09:08 PM
Business Knowledge Source Sep 22 2004 1:19AM GMT

Fooled by fake websites - for the sake
of decency

Fooled by fake websites - for the sake
of decency 07/20/2004 09:09 PM

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The BBC reports that pedophilia is quite widespread in the UK. Law enforcement agencies there have taken serious measures to help combat this ongoing problem through the use of fake child porn websites and a child porn site blocking program. This new system that the UK has implemented has a two fold effect on possible pedophiles: 1) They are blocked from visiting the website they were trying to access. 2) The attempt to access a…

In the Arts, Tech for Tech's Sake Can't
Compete With Originality

In the Arts, Tech for Tech's Sake Can't
Compete With Originality 05/13/2004 10:42 PM
Setting aside something so ephemeral as aesthetic achievement, we're confronted with the fact that films that look strikingly new often perform strikingly well at the box office.

Saddam's Judges Kept a Secret for
Safety's Sake (Reuters)

Saddam's Judges Kept a Secret for
Safety's Sake (Reuters) 04/21/2004 04:44 AM
Reuters - Iraq has chosen judges and prosecutors to try Saddam Hussein but their identities are being kept secret for fear the toppled Iraqi leader's supporters will hunt them down.

They that can give up general purpose
computers for the sake of a little eye
candy

They that can give up general purpose
computers for the sake of a little eye
candy 12/17/2003 02:39 AM
Today, I wore my new NTK shirt to work and to the Google Xmas Party, and boy, did I ever get a lot of compliments. It reads: "They that can give up general purpose computers for the sake of a little eye candy deserve neither computers nor eye candy," a reference to Franklin's famous "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." Link

Identity, Identifiers and Identity Fraud

Identity, Identifiers and Identity Fraud 08/18/2004 05:04 PM

Washington Suffocates for Sake of
Security, City Officials Argue (Los
Angeles Times)

Washington Suffocates for Sake of
Security, City Officials Argue (Los
Angeles Times) 08/04/2004 06:25 AM
Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — As a target for terrorists, the nation's capital is at the top of the list, a city of such world-famous symbols of political and economic might as the White House, the Capitol and the World Bank.

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 AM
One 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.

Unmaintained Free Software

Unmaintained Free Software 04/07/2005 05:18 AM
New Wiki

help the British think about free
software?

help the British think about free
software? 09/03/2004 09:26 PM
The 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.

Not just free software under threat

Not just free software under threat 06/01/2004 10:32 AM
Letter Richard Stallman writes

Apple Software: The End Of Free

Apple Software: The End Of Free 01/11/2004 09:23 PM
I 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)

A Brief History of Free Software, Part 2

A Brief History of Free Software, Part 2 08/21/2004 03:05 PM
Join me for a Freeloader Friday exploration of the friends and foes of free software.

As a bonus, find out how companies are making money with free software and why Open Source can mean more secure.

Free Software at the Local Library?

Free Software at the Local Library? 04/16/2004 07:50 PM

Brazil picks free software

Brazil picks free software 03/31/2005 03:28 AM
CBS MarketWatch Mar 31 2005 7:21AM GMT

In Brief: SOA Software offers free
Registry

In Brief: SOA Software offers free
Registry 04/19/2005 12:09 PM
SOA 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.  

CA revives free AV software offer

CA revives free AV software offer 11/18/2003 05:30 PM
Microsoft supplies 'kiss of life'

Help introduce charities to free
software

Help introduce charities to free
software 12/20/2003 03:56 AM
When I recently searched for organisations that were trying to help introduce charities to free software, and I found practically no information. I find this particularly surprising, as charities are, in many ways, the most worthy organisations to use free software. If you can go to a charity and propose a solution that is more stable and secure, free from vendor lock-in, and free to use and maintain, you can help the organization plough the savings into the work it is there to do.

Free Computer Art Software for Kids

Free Computer Art Software for Kids 03/25/2005 01:20 AM
About Mar 25 2005 4:50AM GMT

What is open source and what is free
software?

What is open source and what is free
software? 03/06/2004 01:59 AM
Whenever 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.

CleanSoftware.org - Free software, no
nasties!

CleanSoftware.org - Free software, no
nasties! 12/28/2004 01:17 PM
Clean Software .. CleanSoftware .. software

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The gift economy and free software

The gift economy and free software 06/05/2004 04:31 AM
A "gift economy" is a social system in which status is given by how much one shares or gives to one's community, as opposed to an "exchange economy" where status is given to those who own or control the most stuff. In today's world we're used to the latter economic philosophy, as it has been closely affiliated with the capitalist system since at least the Industrial Revolution and the invention of the corporation. But the Industrial Age is over -- this is the Information Age now, and things are changing.

Why schools should use exclusively free
software

Why schools should use exclusively free
software 11/10/2003 10:58 PM
There 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.

New Papers at Opensource and Free
Software MIT

New Papers at Opensource and Free
Software MIT 01/01/2004 12:18 PM
The following papers have been recently posted to New Papers on:
http://freesoftware.mit.edu
http://opensource.mit.edu

PAPER 1

Author:
Vadén Tere

Title:
Intellectual Property, Open Source and Free Software
http://opensource.mi t.edu/papers/vaden.pdf

Abstract
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 2

Authors:
Garzarelli, Giampaolo & Roberto Galoppini

Title:
Capability Coordination in Modular Organization: Voluntary FS/OSS Production and the Case of Debian GNU/Linux
http:/ /opensource.mit.edu/papers/garzarelligaloppini.pdf

Abstract:
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 3

Author:
Modica, Salvatore

Title:
Knowledge Transfer in R&D Outsourcing (and Linux-Vs-Windows)
http://opensource.m it.edu/papers/modica.pdf

Abstract:
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 4

Author
Dafermos, George

Title:
Blogging the Market
http://opensourc e.mit.edu/papers/dafermos3.pdf

Abstract:
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 5

Author:
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.pdf

Abstract:
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 6

Updated 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.pdf

Abstract
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 7

Abstract 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 In Iran, KDE In Farsi

Free Software In Iran, KDE In Farsi 12/29/2003 03:40 AM
Elektroschock 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 FingerPrint Imaging Software

Free FingerPrint Imaging Software 01/28/2004 05:38 PM
0.0.2 stuff is out; an2k is next on TODO

Will free software kill shareware?

Will free software kill shareware? 08/28/2004 09:44 AM
Will free software kill shareware? Every day we celebrate the victories of open source software against the big guns, enjoying each corporate and governmental adoption as it comes. We talk about how wonderful it is that open source software is taking part in a larger social and economic revolution and comment on how we're looking forward to the day when open source software will dominate the software industry. The little guys, the story will go, put together a series of tools that evolved into a complete operating system which ultimately took over and threw down the big monolithic software giants. And all along, we, the little guys, kept to our values and ideals, held strong in the face of corporate threats, and banded together to Fight the Good Fight. What started as a bunch of little guys turned into several companies, and these companies grew until they were big guys. Then we garnered the support of several large companies and flirted with even more. Until one day we looked around and realized we weren't the little guys anymore.

Quebec Free Software Week

Quebec Free Software Week 09/22/2004 06:16 AM
Cory Doctorow: Robin sez, "The autumnal equinox marks the middle of the Semaine québécoise de l'informatique libre, something like the Québec Free Software/IT Week. The web site has the full program, > 25 events in at least 6 cities all accross Québec between September 18th and 26th." Link (Thanks, Robin!)
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