One small step…

Yesterday I wrote a post on the Ministry of Education in Israel and their lack of support for Open Source.
Today we are updated that several members of the Open Source community in Israel contacted the person in charge of the tender requiring MS Internet Explorer support (in Hebrew), and the Ministry of Education has expressed […]

Open Source in Israeli Schools

The very popular news site ynet.co.il ran an article about Open Source penetration in Israeli schools (in Hebrew).
Since most of you do not read Hebrew I will try to summarize the main points of the article:
Even though the Israeli Ministry of Education puts much emphasis on Microsoft products (i.e. Teaching Excel as part of the […]

Open Source Links for 03-Sep-2007

Q&A: Jonathan Schwartz on Sun’s open-source business strategy - Matt Asay, CNet
Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth on Productivity and Linux - Lifehacker
HP launches RedHat Linux desktop PC - apcmag.com
Project Darkstar has gone open source! - Chris Melissinos, Sun

(fake) Larry Ellison on Oracle’s Open Source Strategy

Fake Larry Ellison writes “Our open source strategy“.
Funny? Sad? True? You decide…

An easy start to Linux

I think that one of the least enjoyable parts of starting to use Linux is finding the applications you are used to using on Windows / Mac.
So, it is always nice when someone compiles a list (and there are quite a few of them) of useful Open Source apps for Linux.
The latest one I encountered […]

Open Source Links for 27-Aug-2007

TCS Wide Area Network Emulator becomes open source - Michael Tiemann, OSI
Warning to check open-source licensing - ComputerWorld UK
Linus Torvalds talks future of Linux - James Buchanan, APC
Ten things the world can learn from open source - Matt Asay, CNet
Pirate Banned From Using Linux - Slashdot
New Open Source Legal Decision: Jacobsen & Katzer and […]

Making Money From Open Source

Duncan Riley has an interesting post on TechCrunch “How Grey Is Your Valley: Making Money From Open Source“.
The post is about Matt Mullenweg the founder of Automattic, and his comments on making money from Open Source. As a general rule I am all for making profit from Open Source, it helps keep the engine running.
I […]

Plone 3.0 released!

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Open Source irony

TechCrunch posted a note about Zoho supplying offline capabilities to their online Document Processor - Writer.
The irony mentioned by Michael Arrington is that this functionality was achieved by using the Open Source Google Gears and beating Google that are working on similar functionality for Google Docs & Spreadsheets.