Monthly Archives: August 2003

August 23, 2003 – 07:00

Lawrence Lessig comments on WIPO’s ditching of the FOSS conference.

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August 23, 2003 – 05:07

Nick Moffitt, author of GAR, pointed out his favourite Evolution bug, but thought his baby Jesus libogg build bug was better. It kinda goes in my boofhead bug reporter (read the additional comments) category though, despite Nick’s well-known online persona. Funny bugs are always good. Here’s a wacky collaboration between Pete and I back in […]

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August 22, 2003 – 01:32

“It’s not like he’s ripping limbs from nuns.”

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August 22, 2003 – 00:59

DistroWatch has a highly informed rebuttal to SuSE CEO Richard Seibt’s claim that “Linux means two companies: Red Hat and SuSE, and nobody else”. An incredibly naive point of view from someone who ought to have a much deeper understanding of the industry.

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August 21, 2003 – 18:13

WIPO, and its sponsor organisations, provide a fascinating sneak preview of our future battleground: “Lois Boland, director of international relations for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, said that open-source software runs counter to the mission of WIPO, which is to promote intellectual-property rights.”
Can’t you see that everyone else is buying station wagons?

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August 21, 2003 – 17:53

More Mad Hatter news from Sun. Looks like they’ve updated their theme for public consumption, and we now know why Mark hacked up non-square panel button/launcher objects! It really boggles me that Sun aren’t pushing the “not like Windows, and that’s a good thing” strategy… I hope our men on the inside can rectify this […]

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August 21, 2003 – 11:25

Carrying on the pirate motif, Alex Larsson (who doesn’t have a blog yet, for shame) points out Yarrring Yoda. Yarrr! Lots of silliness on this site.

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August 20, 2003 – 13:50

The bad guys better watch their tails: Alan’s getting an MBA…
“At the end of September I’m off back to University on a years sabbatical from Red Hat to study for an MBA. I’ve made the decision that I’m basically going to vanish for the year so I can concentrate on the course, and on […]

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August 19, 2003 – 09:01

Coppola on cooking: “It takes you an hour to prepare a nice dish and it’s almost always a hit. But in the movies, it takes years to make a film and, in the end, the reviews are always mixed.”

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August 15, 2003 – 17:00

I am disappointed with your reaction to our announcement. I must say that your decision to throw tomatoes does not seem conducive to the long-term survivability of your firstborn children.

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