Does the European Commission’s DG Comp Violate Human Rights?
“Neelie Kroes violated our human rights!” That is the curious claim being made by Intel in its appeal of the European Commission’s ruling that the company had violated European antitrust [...]
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Melissa
A clown, a rabbit, and the Pope walk into a bar. Which one is against IP? OK, that’s putting it sort of harshly. And maybe it’s not even something that [...]
Facts, Bias, and Self-referential Hypertext Reality
It appears that some mistakes will live on in Internet infamy no matter how many times you try to apologize and correct them. Red Hat’s Vice President of Open Source [...]
Our Own “Own Goal”
Oops. Last week, we put out a short little statement about the final publication of the European Commission’s White Paper on ICT Standardisation. It said: “ACT has always been very [...]
Paying for Free: Security, Privacy, and Sustainability Costs for “Free” Software
Today’s tough economy creates fiscal pressures for state and federal government budgets. Resourceful policymakers are increasingly looking for ways to reduce or at least maximize their information technology (IT) spending, and utilizing free software and services is one possible direction. But what does “free” really mean?
Exponential Innovation
For more than forty years, the software development community has leveraged huge increases in computer chip performance and steady drops in chip prices to give consumers what they want: better [...]