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OOXML: Go To Hell!
Demonstration against OOXML, originally uploaded by Martin Bekkelund.
It is a day after the Go Open conference in Oslo and I am still holed up in a hotel nearby. Blearily stumbling down to breakfast, I was confronted with a mix of lukewarm meatballs, easy listening radio — both of which are common enough to encounter in [...]
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Early Coverage of Go Open 2008
Day two of Go Open is just about to get started. Already, there's a good amount of coverage in the Norwegian press on the event. I have made a pitiful attempt to translate the titles of the articles, mostly for the amusement of my Norwegian friends.
Alexander V. Røyne blogged, go open day 2008 1: Chris [...]
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Joining the Open Source Initiative as a Board Observer
I just realized that I never formally announced that (as of January 9th, 2008) I have joined the Open Source Initiative as a board observer. This is an unpaid position without voting privileges.
The role of board observer is quite loosely defined; it feels much like being a member of an open source project where you [...]
Open Source Census Results Not Open Source?
Earlier today I wrote about the Open Source Census project, wondering what license the data collected would be distributed under.
After reading the sponsorship page for the project, I believe that OpenLogic intends to restrict distribution of the data gathered, as indicated by the following quote from the page:
Platinum sponsorship is designed for companies that want [...]
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Open Source Census
Stormy just pointed a mailing list that I subscribe to at the Open Source census project.
At a glance, the project looks well thought-out — software, documentation, legal agreements, FAQs and so on are all in order.
The only thing that jumps out at me as missing is a notice about what license census data will be [...]
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FrOSCon 2008 Call for Papers Now Open
David Roetzel from the FrOSCon organization team just wrote to let me know that the FrOSCon 2008 call for papers has just opened.
FrOSCon is a great, community-focused and community-run free software and open source conference. Each year it brings together hundreds of some of the most engaged FOSS project members from across Europe and beyond.
The [...]
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350 Free Linux Computers for Northern California Schools
Last month I blogged several times about the then upcoming Alameda County Computer Resource Center and Untangle "Installfest for Schools" event.
With a good deal of support from the local free software and open source community, the event seems to have come off beautifully - working together, volunteers managed to assemble 350 working computers for schools [...]
Speaking at OSCON 2008
I'm happy to report that I'll be presenting two sessions at OSCON 2008. The first session is called, "Greening the Conference Circuit" and the second is my (now-)usual Age of Literate Machines presentation.
This year, I'll be at OSCON on behalf of the Mozilla Foundation. In addition to attending the main conference, I'll also be attending the FLOSS Foundations meetings, the Open Source Initiative meetings and participating in a revamped version of OSCamp.
Bay Area Linuxists: Butt kicking for goodness
On March 1st, the Alameda County Computer Resource Center and Untangle are pairing up to run a massive installfest, pairing donated computer hardware with Ubuntu GNU/Linux.
If you live in (or are visiting) the Bay Area, you can help by donating old hardware and by helping install Ubuntu.
If you are part of a company with a [...]
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Bay Area Techies: Help Schools with Your Old Hardware and Free Software
On March 1st, the Alameda County Computer Resource Center and Untangle are pairing up to run a massive installfest, pairing donated computer hardware with Ubuntu GNU/Linux.
If you live in (or are visiting) the Bay Area, you can help by donating old hardware and by helping install Ubuntu.
If you are part of a company with a [...]
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