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Ubuntu and the Missing Community Link By Bruce Byfield | Article Published May 14, 2013 Small events can have big consequences. Tags: open source, Linux, Ubuntu, FOSS, Canonical, community 9 Things That Are Never Admitted About Open Source By Bruce Byfield | Article Published January 22, 2013 What are the taboo subjects in open source today? You might guess some of them, but others might surprise you. Tags: open source, Linux, Microsoft, Ubuntu, Gnome, KDE, FOSS, desktop, Mark Shuttleworth, Unity, Richard Stallman Top Linux Trends 2012-2013 By Bruce Byfield | Article Published December 11, 2012 What stories trended in 2012? Which ones will affect open source next year? The answer is not always obvious -- and some stories have been under-reported. Tags: open source, Linux, Ubuntu, Gnome, KDE, FOSS, trends State of Sexism in FOSS By Bruce Byfield | Article Published October 23, 2012 Women's issues have become accepted concerns in open source. What is there to show for all the effort? Tags: open source, FOSS, Women in Technology Why We Need to Pay for Linux/FOSS By Matt Hartley | Article Published December 13, 2011 If we don’t challenge the stereotype of open source users as freeloaders, who will support the next dropped project we all depend on? Tags: Linux, FOSS, GIMP 2011: The Year of Linux Disappointments By Bruce Byfield | Article Published December 13, 2011 As years go, 2011 was a kidney stone of a year for free and open source software. Tags: Linux, Gnome, KDE, FOSS 7 Reasons Why Free Software Is Losing Influence By Bruce Byfield | Article Published November 22, 2011 Why are free software ideals less popular than they were five years ago? The answer's complicated and perhaps a bit controversial. Tags: open source, Linux, free software, FOSS, GNU, Richard Stallman Linus Torvalds and Others on Community Burnout By Bruce Byfield | Article Published August 30, 2011 Open source developers talk about the stress of coding in the Linux world. Tags: Linux, FOSS, Torvalds, open source apps Will Microsoft's 'Make Web Not War' Attract Open Source Developers? By Bruce Byfield | Article Published March 14, 2011 Microsoft is nurturing a partnership with open source developers, a move that ‘s producing a mixed response. Tags: open source, Linux, Microsoft, developers, FOSS Jono Bacon Defends Ubuntu: An Insider's Perspective By Bruce Byfield | Article Published February 28, 2011 Ubuntu's community manager responds to a recent Datamation article that sparked widespread discussion. Tags: Ubuntu, Gnome, KDE, FOSS, Unity Ada Initiative Supports Women in Open Source, Counters Sexism By Bruce Byfield | Article Published February 08, 2011 A new non-profit launches to combat what’s sometimes called open source’s dirty little secret. Tags: open source, Linux, programmers, developers, FOSS Eight Completely Free Linux Distros (And One More) By Bruce Byfield | Article Published January 25, 2011 Linux distributions that are completely free of proprietary software are a true rarity. Tags: Linux, Linux desktop, Debian, free software, FOSS FOSS, Business, and Psychopathy By Bruce Byfield | Article Published January 04, 2011 Corporations are leaders in developing open source software, yet a Groklaw editorial reveals that the community has scant understanding of corporate politics. Tags: open source, Linux, Microsoft, FOSS, Novell FOSS: Free and Open Source Software By Bruce Byfield | Article Published May 30, 2010 FOSS, free and open source software, is a force for innovation and change that is revolutionizing the software industry. Tags: open source, Linux, free software, FOSS, open source software The Mono Mystery That Wasn't By Bruce Byfield | Article Published March 26, 2010 The Linux community was abuzz about Miguel de Icaza’s controversial new stance on Mono. But in reality it was a classic case of Internet misinformation. Tags: open source, .NET, Linux, FOSS, Mono Ubuntu, Buttons, and Democracy By Bruce Byfield | Article Published March 23, 2010 No matter how the war over the Ubuntu buttons ends, it highlights the tension between democracy and meritocracy within Ubuntu and the greater FOSS community. Tags: open source, Ubuntu, Linux desktop, FOSS, Shuttleworth Why FOSS Matters to Me (But Maybe Not to You) By Bruce Byfield | Article Published November 10, 2009 A longtime advocate of free and open source software ponders why others don't share his passion. Tags: open source, Microsoft, free software, FOSS, OS X Sexism: Open Source Software's Dirty Little Secret By Bruce Byfield | Article Published September 09, 2009 Women's participation in open source development is far lower than it is in proprietary software development. It’s time for change. Tags: open source, Linux, software, FOSS Richard Stallman, Leadership, and Sexism By Bruce Byfield | Article Published July 20, 2009 What happened at a recent desktop conference points out unresolved issues in the free software community about leadership and sexism -- issues that many prefer to remain silent about rather than confront. Tags: software, Gnome, KDE, FOSS, Stallman The Agony of FOSS Branding By Bruce Byfield | Article Published June 09, 2009 The Free and open source software community disdains marketing, which is a great help to competing OSes. Tags: open source, Linux, Firefox, FOSS, OS X The Cost Savings of FOSS: Business Success for the Wrong Reason By Bruce Byfield | Article Published April 01, 2009 More than mere cost savings, Free and open source software has to the power to transform business. Tags: open source, Linux, Intel, Red Hat, FOSS Novell-Red Hat Conundrum: What's a FOSS Supporter to Do? By Bruce Byfield | Article Published February 26, 2009 A recent legal request divided free and open source advocates into opposing camps. Tags: open source, Linux, Red Hat, FOSS, Novell Looking Inside Microsoft's Open Source Repository By Bruce Byfield | Article Published February 09, 2009 Whether CodePlex is a cynical exercise or a well-meaning effort gone astray depends on your point of view, but in either case it reveals that Microsoft still fails to understand open source. Tags: Linux, search, Microsoft, virtualization, FOSS Business vs. FOSS: Six Pressure Points By Bruce Byfield | Article Published November 17, 2008 Free and open source software co-exists happily with business, yet key conflicts remain. Tags: open source, Linux, software, Red Hat, FOSS OpenOffice vs. Google Apps By Bruce Byfield | Article Published November 11, 2008 Not only does OpenOffice.org match Google Apps in convenience and availability, but feature for feature it leaves Google Apps writhing helplessly on its back and choking on FOSS dust. Tags: open source, Google, Sun Microsystems, FOSS, OpenOffice.org Nine Attitude Problems in Free and Open Source Software By Bruce Byfield | Article Published October 15, 2008 Before it grows any bigger, the FOSS community needs to examine its attitudes. Otherwise it risks collapsing under it contradictions or handicapping itself unnecessarily. Tags: open source, Linux, software, privacy, FOSS |
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