The Wayward Word Press

On a not-yet-completed compilation of business providing support and services for open-source

On spending $400 to obtain two OLPC’s – one for someone in the developing world, one for you to help spread the word about Linux and open-source, and to help grow the OLPC community. Where do I sign up, Nick?

NO. Wny run a proprietary operating system on proprietary hardware? Run Ubuntu on commodity x86 hardware. More Ubuntu’s each day will help keep Apple away.

Though I don’t use GTD, those with an interest in it should look at the customized versions of TiddlyWiki that support it.

Don Parris is both the editor of lxer.com, one of the best Linux news sites, and also, as I just learned via this post, a Pastor. He’s starting a new CMS to help churches and non-profits, though I suspect Drupal would suffice.

What identify crisis? Good code will rise to the top.

Someone at Gartner finally got around to reading Clayton Christensen’s “Disruptive Innovation,” published in 1997. Gartner is even later to the open-source game than Sun. And to think people even pay Gartner for its “insight.”

Legalese notwithstanding, either a license meets the terms and conditions of the Open Source Definition or it doesn’t. It’s not the hard to figure it out, even if you work for Microsoft.

On the perils of not understanding what open-source is all about.

On a new social network for kids. Too bad it is based on proprietary Flash. Let’s hope it is not a flash in the pan.

Glyn Moody on open-source and open-standards

On Microsoft’s struggles to figure out HTML almost 12 year’s after BIll’s famous memo. HTML isn’t that hard. You would think the programmers in Redmond could figure it out.

Good case study on the use of open-source and Linux in the enterprise. You don’t have to pay for open-source yet you can use it to help others make payments.

Interesting case study on PHP versus Ruby on Rails. Both are open-source. Net was to favor PHP, which is what WordPress uses.

More on Intel’s LessWatt — a great idea. Watt’s Down, says Intel, not Watts Up.