I found Daniel Olivera’s part of this talk (audio) interesting (I only speak English, so I can only discuss the English parts of it), but I’d like to expand on the last part some more. This video is licensed under … Continue reading
MacOS X software is commonly distributed in an installer package file which allows the user to easily add new programs to their system by double-clicking an icon and dragging a program to the folder where applications are stored. According to … Continue reading
Apple released a new version of their proprietary music player iTunes. iTunes is both a music player program and a music download service. Apparently this new version can make your purchased iTunes music vanish and only the administrators at Apple … Continue reading
The BBC reports that Sisvel is targetting SanDisk for not paying their MP3 licensing fee. It’s a warning to users as well; users can be sued for patent infringement too. Paul Heckel, a software developer who held patents which allegedly … Continue reading
Someone who apparently works for Novell (a distributor of a GNU/Linux system) named “dobey” asks I continue to see people blog about how site foo doesn’t use open source software to play videos, or how company bar won’t release some … Continue reading
Apple recently announced that they are redesigning and redeploying the mainboard for their latest notebook computer, the MacBook Pro. It’s worth putting this in some context so you can see how sad the situation really is for Apple users here. … Continue reading
“Ubuntu will always be free, and will not have restrictive licenses associated with it.” (so you don’t think I’m making this up: Opera press release, Ubuntu GNU/Linux press release on the web, Ubuntu GNU/Linux press release PDF file). Here, “free” … Continue reading
An unnamed “politically active producer” allegedly told Arianna Huffington: “The old ‘say one thing and do another’ bit isn’t going to fly this time,” a politically active producer told me. “We’re not ready to go through another experience where we … Continue reading
From its first paragraph, the article fails to describe reality: “The OSS vision is of a world in which there are no greedy corporations run by megalomaniac billionaires intent on screwing users out of their hard-earned cash in return for … Continue reading
Karyn Strickler proposes a corporate death penalty (or read a copy with more links) which kills people, but leaves the corporation intact: (emphasis mine) “The Corporate Death Penalty Act could provide that every member of the Board of Directors and … Continue reading