Category Archives: opensource

Blog Action Day 15th October 2008

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Phil

October 15th 2008 is Blog Action Day. The idea is is to raise awareness of world poverty through blogging, which think is a fantastic idea. I think we are still trying to understand the power of blogging and every year … Continue reading →

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Can OpenOffice.org 3.0 change the world?

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Phil

Every day it seams a new version of someones favourite software is released somegreatphotosoftware version 5.5.5 or thebestmusicplayer version 1,1,01. Little excitement is seen around the world except by the group fanboys and girls of that product waiting for the … Continue reading →

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Open Source Politics

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Phil

It is no secret that in the United Kingdom we are far behind many countries in our use of open source software. Now there are no doubt many reasons for this both social, economic and political but a major factor … Continue reading →

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Software freedom Day 2008 – This Saturday

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Phil

This Saturday is Software Freedom Day (Worldwide). From The Software Freedom Website: Software Freedom Day is a global celebration and education of why transparent and sustainable technologies are now more important than ever. With over 200 teams in 60 countries … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday GNU – with Stephen Fry

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Phil

Just found this post on Alan Lord’s blog The Open Sourcerer celebrating 25 years of GNU. The video is now on youtube (as below) but for the freedom fighters it is available in ogg vorbis format here which can be … Continue reading →

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Wiki Links for FLOSS Business Software

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Phil

Good documentation can separate great software from good software. Documentation is an area where open source often beats proprietary solutions hands down. Often up to date and user friendly documentation for proprietary software does not exist, is not available or … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.6

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Phil

I have now upgraded to WordPress 2.6 on most of my blogs. Some cool new features, I particular like the new options on images to reduce by a %. Great plugin for automatic upgrades here. The video supplied from WordPress … Continue reading →

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SugarCRM CEO John Roberts on Floss Weekly Podcast

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Phil

Floss Weekly is an excellent podcast from The Twit Network and Leo Laporte. Originally co-hosted with Chris DiBona it is now hosted with Randal Shwartz. It covers many different projects from the world of Free Libre Open Source Software but … Continue reading →

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Open Office – links for 2008-07-15

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Phil

Openoffice.org 3.0 will soon be available (there is a second beta out now). Below is just a couple of quick links that I have come across in the last couple of days. When it is released I will write a … Continue reading →

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John Locke – Open Source Solutions For SME’s

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Phil

Great video with John Locke from Freelock Computing who has now started twittering. John wrote the book ‘Open Source Solutions for Small Business Problems’ and although it is a little out of date now it is still a fantastic book … Continue reading →

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