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Submission + - Canonical fully open-sources the Launchpad code. (red-bean.com) 1

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kfogel

on Tuesday July 21, 2009 @02:17AM

kfogel writes: "Canonical has just fully open-sourced the code to Launchpad. Although we'd said earlier that a couple of components would be held back, we changed our mind :-). All the code has been released, under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3."

Submission + - "Planetary Astronomer Mike" gaining a foll (blogspot.com)

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kfogel

on Monday May 18, 2009 @06:43AM

kfogel writes: "Not sure this is a story, but the site Dear Planetary Astronomer Mike is gaining a sizeable following among techies. It's sort of like Dan Savage, but for astronomy instead of sex. Planetary Astronomer Mike gives extremely entertaining and readable answers, while still going into non-trivial scientific detail. And he includes great images and diagrams when necessary. It's a geek's delight; after seeing him consistently answer questions really well, I thought it worthy of Slashdot notice. (Disclaimer: I am not Planetary Astronomer Mike, and I don't write for the site, but he has answered my questions before.)"

Submission + - Perceptive post compares Microsoft now to IBM then (red-bean.com)

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kfogel

on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @10:33PM

kfogel writes: "Ben Collins-Sussman wrote a very perceptive blog post after reading the "Microsoft Pleads With Consumers to Adopt Vista Now" story today. He notes that a similar situation spelled the beginning of the end of IBM's dominance in the 1980's: although IBM set the hardware standards for a while, the market eventually moved beyond them, and the day came when IBM introduced a standard and *everybody ignored it*. Ben was in high-school then, and writes: "I remember thinking to myself 'Wow, this is a big deal. It's the beginning of the end for IBM.' And I was right! ... Well, I just had that same moment again [about Microsoft]". An excellent read and a spot-on analogy, IMHO. The URL is: http://blog.red-bean.com/sussman/?p=69"

Submission + - You Can Oppose Copyright and Support Open Source

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kfogel

on Monday May 07, 2007 @06:27PM

kfogel writes: "I'm submitting "Supporting Open Source While Opposing Copyright" as a response to Greg Bulmash's piece from yesterday ("You Can't Oppose Copyright and Support Open Source"). I think there were a number of flaws and mistaken assumptions in Greg Bulmash's reasoning, and I've tried to address them in this rebuttal, which has undergone review from some colleagues in the copyright-reform community."

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