Looking through posts tagged ‘open source’

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SkypeKit Hypocrisy | 2nd Jul 2010

Skype finally announced it’s much-anticipated new project, SkypeKit. It’s a new SDK that basically separates the Skype user interface from their underlying proprietary protocol used to make and receive voice and video calls. I was generally thinking this would be good news since it will allow Skype to be incorporated into other programs like the [...]

Show your support | 21st Dec 2009

Advertising is a huge business on the Internet. Actually, advertising is huge just about everywhere. Some readers get annoyed by bloggers who use referral links in posts to promote products that will ultimately make them money. They feel like the Internet should be free of ads, and in some ways they’re justified. Occasionally, bloggers use [...]

Yo Frankie! – Apricot Open Game Project | 10th Dec 2008

Yo Frankie! – Apricot Open Game Project ยป Yo Frankie! Online Release!. The folks at Blender, responsible for the “open movies” Elephant’s Dream and Big Buck Bunny, have finally released their completely open source computer game. It’s available for Linux, Windows and OS X.

Open-source Textbooks | 18th Sep 2008

Ars Technica wrote up an article on a new open-source textbook offering from Flat World Knowledge. I’m very interested to see how it works out.

Portable Apps | 4th Jun 2008

Have you ever wanted to take Firefox with you to another computer that doesn’t have it installed? Ever needed to chat on a computer that doesn’t have an instant messaging client installed? Do you have a flash drive? If so, PortableApps may very well be for you [hat tip Srinu]. PortableApps is a free/open-source application [...]

Selling free software | 13th Apr 2008

I think one of the best examples of how free software can work great (and be even be sold) is Dell’s adoption of Ubuntu. They can take free software (Ubuntu) and custom-tailor it to work on their specific laptops and desktops. They can even custom-compile their own Linux kernels that they don’t contain extemporaneous junk [...]

Microsoft to squash third world economies | 18th Jan 2008

In a rather disturbing article, I found out that Microsoft was none too pleased that One Laptop Per Child has been distributing laptops with a free and open source linux operating system installed (RHEL). They can’t have everyone in a third world country growing up using gnu/linux and not Windows. Plus think about all the [...]

More From Debian | 23rd Oct 2007

From a related page: Most software costs over 100 US dollars. How can you give it away? A better question is how do software companies get away with charging so much? Software is not like making a car. Once you’ve made one copy of your software, the production costs to make a million more are [...]

Inspiring Words from Debian | 23rd Oct 2007

I found myself on Debian‘s website today for the first time ever, I think. This is weird considering I’m a big supporter of their philosophy. Nonetheless, they had some inspiring words on free software. The quote below is an example, but the whole page deserves a read to be honest. Software that is free only [...]

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