OSCON Speed up your web pages with YSlow If you do front-end web stuff, you may be interested in a cool new tool from Yahoo! that I first heard about at OSCON: YSlow analyzes web pages and tells you why they're slow based on the rules for high performance web sites. YSlow is a Firefox add-on
Uncategorized More OSCON licensing announcements (I briefly mentioned these in a previous post, but here's a bit more detail. As I catch up on things that happened while I was at OSCON, you'll likely see more frequent posts that are a bit more terse than usual.) Microsoft wasn't the
Microsoft Microsoft to Submit Shared Source Licenses to OSI From a Radar post: In his keynote at OSCON, Microsoft General Manager of Platform Strategy Bill Hilf announced that Microsoft is submitting its shared source licenses to the Open Source Initiative. This is a huge, long-awaited move. It will be earthshaking for both Microsoft and for the open source community
Google Open Source and the Future of Network Applications There's a lot to see at OSCON, so it should come as no surprise that you won't be able to personally see everything you'd like to. I seem to have missed one of the most talked about events though. "Tim has a television
OSCON Back from OSCON, LinuxWorld coming soon I'm back from OSCON, but still feeling the impact of what was another great event. It's not just the great parties that leave you drained, it's also the massive amount of learning, discussion and information. It'll likely take me a couple days
OSCON More from OSCON My laptop has really gone from bad to worse, so blogging will be extremely light until I get home. The N800 has been filling in nicely. It's a shame I have been unable to live blog the sessions, as they have been really interesting. I was able to
OSCON OSCON Opening Keynote As usual, the opening OSCON keynote was extremely interesting. Tim talked about which Open Source is on the Radar. There was a lot of talk about parallelism (Intel) and concurrent programming (Microsoft). Tim also interviewed Mark Shuttleworth. I had planned on live blogging the event, which contained a bunch of
Linux OSCON Executive Briefing II (live blogging, so forgive the grammar and lack of proof reading) Always Better Matt Asay (Alfresco) and Mike Olson (Oracle via SleepyCat) discuss the value of source code. Mike argues that zero cost frictionless distribution is more disruptive than source access. A response from the crowd asked why he doesn&
Linux OSCON Executive Briefing OSCON, always a great conference, is officially underway. A few moments ago I got a sneak peak at ohlho, new open source guide of sorts. It allows you to tell it what stack(s) you use and gain valuable information from there. The amount of data displayed is already interesting
Microsoft Microsoft development still broken, but they seem to be learning Some recent information released by Microsoft seems to indicate that the Windows development model is still badly broke, and will be for some time, but will likely become less broken in the future. From the article: Microsoft is planning to ship its next major version of Windows--known internally as version
Apple The unforking of KDE's KHTML and Webkit One of the core tenants of Open Source is the ability to fork. That being said, it should really be seen as a last resort type of option. It's good to see that a couple of "unforks" have happened recently. A short time ago, Beryl and
Linux Day 1 - Ubuntu Live The first day of Ubuntu Live is coming to an end. One thing that has permeated the first day is the amount of energy in the Ubuntu community. People are excited and eager to get things done. While originally mostly a desktop distro, Ubuntu is scaling in multiple directions from
Linux Ubuntu Live & OSCON I'll be leaving for Portland in a few hours to attend both Ubuntu Live and OSCON. OSCON is always a great conference and I'm looking forward to the first ever Ubuntu conference. If you'll be in Portland for the event(s) and would like
Linux Intel Launches Mobile Linux Project The mobile Linux space continues to heat up (recent coverage). Now, Intel has jumped into the fray with the Mobile & Internet Linux Project. From the about page: Moblin.org hosts the Mobile & Internet Linux* Project which is an umbrella, open source project focused on the development of Linux
Microsoft Microsoft to its hosting partners: Get ready. Here we come From a recent Mary Jo Foley blog post: At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver this week, Microsoft officials are trying to walk the tightrope when it comes to explaining Microsoft’s plan to get into the managed services business in a major way. Microsoft officials have made no bones
Linux Red Hat CEO Says He Talked Patents with Microsoft III A quick final follow up on this post (for those of you who still have a little doubt). From eWeek: Microsoft and Red Hat are no closer to a deal involving intellectual property cooperation, Microsoft has confirmed. "Red Hat and Microsoft have previously had conversations about interoperability, but none
IBM IBM Pledges Free Access to Patents Involved in Implementing 150+ Software Standards From the press release: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is granting universal and perpetual access to certain intellectual property that might be necessary to implement more than 150 standards designed to make software interoperable. One likely result of the pledge to commercial and open source communities is that
Linux Comes vs Microsoft Petition Shows How Microsoft Blocked Linux Sales Some people wonder why OEM Linux preloads like this didn't happen sooner. Don't forget that a couple companies did make small attempts, but were smacked down (PDF warning) by Microsoft: Microsoft’s Predatory Response to GNU/Linux 142. GNU/Linux is an "open source"
Open Formats Update on ODF and Massachusetts As Andy points out, "Silence means consent". If this is a topic that is important to you (and it should be), I'd also encourage to take a few minutes and make your opinion known. A few days ago, I posted my comments to the Mass. ITD
Apple OpenMoko While the iPhone has been getting all the press, something seriously interesting has been happening in the Open Source mobile space. OpenMoko devices are becoming available. From a Wired Blog: After seemingly endless delays, the OpenMoko phone is here. The first version of the NEO 1973 mobile phone, which carries
FSF Microsoft Statement About GPLv3 II To answer a question I posed in a previous post about how Novell was going to handle the fact that Microsoft does not want to be a party to the GPLv3 (from the Novell PR Blog): Shortly after the GPLv3 license was released, Microsoft issued a statement in which they
Linux Feature upgrade release to the Internet Tablet OS 2007 edition With all the iPhone hype, it's easy for other gadgets to fall out of mind. The N800 is still a very cool device, however, and does quite a bit that the iPhone just doesn't do (and never will). Oh, and it's a mostly open
GPLv3 Microsoft Statement About GPLv3 A quick follow up on my previous GPLv3 coverage. Here's the official Microsoft statement: Microsoft is not a party to the GPLv3 license and none of its actions are to be misinterpreted as accepting status as a contracting party of GPLv3 or assuming any legal obligations under such
Linux LQ will be in the .org Pavilion at the San Francisco LinuxWorld Expo I'm happy to announce that LinuxQuestions.org will be in the .org Pavilion at the upcoming LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in San Francisco. If you'll be near the Moscone Center between August 7-9, be sure to stop by .org booth 9 and say hello. You can
Linux Survey: Windows loses ground with developers From a recent InfoWorld article: Microsoft's Windows platform is losing traction as a target for application developers in North America but still is the dominant platform, according to Evans Data survey results being released on Tuesday. Free IT resource A survey this spring of more than 400 developers
