PostrgeSQL creator on the art of open source
“Bruce Momjian may not be the most famous free software figure, but as a founder and lead architect of [PostgreSQL], he is an ardent believer in the correctness and beauty of open source development.” — Bruce was here for Open CeBIT, great to meet him!
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Dear Lazyweb,
I am looking for a simple GPS receiver for my laptop. Ideally, it would disappear into one of the PCMCIA or SD slots, but I am having a tough time finding something like this. Alternatively, if Bluetooth is the only sensible answer, tell me I’m dreaming, and perhaps suggest one that will work well […]
Jeff Waugh: “AI will surpass human intelligence after 2020.”
Alberto Ruiz: That’s the linux desktop year also!
Jeff Waugh: Ha ha ha… Of course, now that you work for sun, that’s not funny!
Alberto Ruiz: Ha ha ha ha ha ha. I think Sun prefers a Linux desktop world than a Microsoft one.
Coolest thing […]
The doubt began when I saw three bad guys in one of the later Spiderman 3 trailers — Harry’s Green Goblin, the Sandman and Venom. How could they pack three bad guys into the one film and manage to establish worthwhile sympathy for them? How could they also include the arguably more interesting life struggles of Peter […]
Right before we launched the GNOME Mobile & Embedded Initiative, Intel went public with their sexy Mobile Internet Device prototypes, running Red Flag and Ubuntu. They’re Linux based, and use Nokia’s Hildon interface architecture, developed for the N770 and N800 web tablets… So it’s fantastic to see Canonical and Ubuntu come to the table with […]
Epilogue
“Leaving is never easy. But here and now the timing is right and so, after three and a half years, here’s to what’s next.” — Robert Love leaves Novell with a kiss. I’m hoping rml stays in the orbit of GNOME, but Google rumours suggest “black hole”.
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Open source more than hot air for gift etailer
“Where open source fits is in the areas of customization, as it is totally customer-centric. Open source has worked powerfully for us because it is a community, it’s so user centric.” — Naomi Simson, CEO RedBalloon Days, at the Open CeBIT conference.
(tags: redballoondays naomisimson community business opensource opencebit wp:news)
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Govt open source survey finds hidden uptake
“The federal government’s survey on the perception and use of open source software throughout agencies is still being finalized, but representatives from AGIMO are already talking up the results.” — Wonderful to see some of the results in the public eye.
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CeBIT: Business-savvy open-source […]
To whom it may concern
“Starting today I am a Red Hat employee.” — Congrats to Lennart, who surely had a lot of options on the table for life after academia. It is fantastic that he has found a place at Red Hat.
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lolgeeks
“i can has fun at nerds” — Painful hilarity care of Joshua Schachter and Nat Torkington.
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