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FOSS Force on FacebookA petition that says, "Keep the Internet free and open." It's not what it seems. To these folks, "free and open" means doing away with Net Neutrality and letting the ISPs do what they will. Read before you sign. Protect Internet Freedom | Petition Page start.protectinternetfreedom.com The Internet as we know it today is arguably one of the greatest forces for good that the world has ever known. It is the hub of innovation for the economy, not just in America, but the world over; it... The Apple philosophy... #CONAN Mono: A report claims Apple has so much cash it can afford to give every American $556. Apple responded by saying, "Or we could release a slightly different iPhone, and everyone could give us $... SCALE Prep Continues; Will Dell Get It Right? fossforce.com/?p=894905 SCALE Prep Continues; Will Dell Get It Right? fossforce.com FOSS Week in Review While linux.conf.au (held in New Zealand this year) is now in the record books and FOSDEM is currently happening in Brussels, the organizational team over at the Southern Californi... |
Folks who follow news about FOSS, OSS and Linux who also watch the “talking heads” shows the TV networks serve up on Sunday mornings might be excused for not noting that David Boies, the lawyer speaking for Sony on this week’s “Meet the Press,” has on several occasions been involved in news stories affecting Linux. Over the years, he’s played the role of both friend and foe, but it’s been a while since his and […] Continue reading Old FOSS Friend & Foe Represents Sony in Hack Hacking, hacking, everywhere hacking. And not the good kind either. We’re talking cracking hacking. Take the Sony hack for instance. Bunches of movies set for Christmas release are now available online for free, for those willing to break the law and invoke the displeasure of the MPAA while firing up the ol’ BitTorrent. Worse than that: even more bunches of Sony employees have had their financial lives turned upside down, with all of their personal […] Continue reading Sony & North Korea: Dumb & Dumber 
In “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” Winston Smith’s job was to rewrite the past for the Inner Party. Mainly, he made people vanish from the pages of history. Anyone who came under the party’s bad graces suddenly disappeared from all media; from all newspaper articles, books, television archives and any other mentions. In Orwell’s world, anyone declared a nonperson was completely erased. S/he never existed. According to memos leaked from the recent hack on Sony, the big studios […] Continue reading MPAA Wants to Use DMCA to Effectively Bring Back SOPA 
FOSS Week in Review It’s raining, finally, in California. After a couple of years of painfully dry weather, we’re getting the kind of rain that causes animals to march two-by-two into a large wooden boat. One might think this would be cause for a damp and sullen report to end the week, but actually that’s not the case, because… The reviews are in: The tech media has given multiple thumbs-up to the new release of […] Continue reading Fedora 21 Raves & DRM Happiness 
Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a three part series focusing on an interview with Dwight Merriman, co-founder of MongoDB. Part one was published last Monday as From DoubleClick to Database. Part two was published on Wednesday as Why MongoDB Embraces Open Source. MongoDB’s Dwight Merriman and I were about thirty minutes into our conversation at All Things Open. Lunch time was approaching and I was definitely hungry. Merriman was getting a little […] Continue reading Dwight Merriman Part III: Vendor Lock, Forks & Desktop FOSS |
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