Upcoming presentation in Gainesville, Fla.: software as a service
On Wednesday, 16 17 October 2007, I am giving a presentation on “Software as a Service (or, Why I Hate Facebook)”. The presentation is at the GatorLUG meeting at 6 pm at Virtually Cuban (2409 SW 13th...
View ArticleWhy is Mozilla selling out free software?
Promote Firefox, win a Mac full of proprietary software. Wait, what? You do realize that OS X doesn’t even come with Firefox pre-loaded, right? And you do realize that other manufacturers offer laptops...
View ArticleEPrints sells out free software: more Apple crippleware prizes
EPrints, the important FOSS open archive project — widely used by open access repositories — is organizing a call for plugins. Unfortunately, EPrints has followed Mozilla’s lead and is awarding...
View ArticleFSF to libraries: boycott DRM
Sometimes, different interests of mine will intersect in fascinating ways. Here’s one: the Free Software Foundation’s DefectiveByDesign.org campaign is asking libraries to boycott DRM, digital...
View ArticleSpeaking @ Fla. Linux Show on FOSS vs. SaaS
I’m giving a presentation at the Florida Linux Show in Jacksonville on Monday, Feb. 11. My presentation is on Software as a Service: Implications of Web Apps for Software Freedom (a topic I previously...
View ArticleMy latest column on Web apps and FOSS
(I had accidentally posted this in the wrong place earlier; posting it here now.) My new column for Free Software Magazine is titled “Free software vs. software-as-a-service: Is the GPL too weak for...
View ArticleFOSS and socially responsible investing
Check out the post at the SFLC blog. I’ve said for some time that free culture is a matter of social responsibility — I think it’s a good frame for the issue, and helps people understand why it matters.
View ArticleTowards autono.my
I’ve been an advocate for freedom in Web services for, well, years now. So I was happy to learn of the launch of open microblogging service identi.ca recently, and of autonomo.us and its Franklin...
View ArticleHow to improve OJS: a reader’s perspective
Open Journal Systems is a free and open source software package for journal publishing. It’s probably the most widely-deployed platform for publishing open access journals; at least 2,000 journals use...
View ArticleComments on NSF’s Merit Review Criteria
Today, I submitted these comments to the consultation on the National Science Foundation’s Task Force on Merit Review (see). They are provided solely in my personal capacity. What do you see as the...
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