Monthly Archives: July 2001

Microsoft’s Craig Mundie is coming off almost as a statesman by comparison to his opponent in a debate this morning at the O’Reilly Open Source Convention. Red Hat’s Michael Tiemann used his talk to bait the Redmond bear, while Mundie … Continue reading →

People keep asking me what I think is the highlight of the O’Reilly Open Source Convention. I keep saying it’s the Unobainium. That’s Jim Gettys’ tongue-in-cheek name for the incredible — but, so far, unobtainable — item he’s showing folks … Continue reading →

Looks like the feds aren’t going to listen to reason in the case of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov. The ElectronicFrontier Foundation met with the U.S. Attorney’s people in San Francisco, but found “no indication” that the Justice Department would drop … Continue reading →

I just ran into Mitch Kapor, who founded Lotus Development and, most recently, was a venture capitalist. His identification badge at the open source conference has a mysterious reference to an “Open Source Applications Foundation” he’s just started. He’s being … Continue reading →

Russell Nelson is sitting next to me, writing on a Compaq iPaq handheld computer. It’s running Linux, not Windows CE. See this page at handhelds.org for more information on how it’s done. Compaq is investing heavily in this platform, though … Continue reading →

The open source software community has been maturing in recent years. At a meeting yesterday one participant referred to a “traditional Linux company” without any irony. The opportunities for open source and free software remain huge. But so do the … Continue reading →

J.D. Lasica (Online Journalism Review): Is the jig up for honest search results? Black is white, profit is all, and the entire Internet is filled with callow users who are either (a) so cynical that they assume all search results … Continue reading →

Ken Whaley objects to some wording in my Wednesday column, in which I said, “A programmer using software licensed under the GPL also must publish new software based on it free of charge, with the source code available for anyone … Continue reading →

Wall Street Journal: Microsoft, Justice Dept. to talk about possible settlement in case. Indeed, those close to the case say expectations for success are low, given Microsoft

Wired News: Release the Russian, Adobe Says. “We strongly support (federal copyright law) and the enforcement of copyright protection of digital content,” Colleen Pouliot, general counsel for Adobe, said in a statement. “However, the prosecution of this individual in this … Continue reading →