European children often follow their parents’ example when illegally downloading songs and videos from the Internet
Reuters reports that, according to a major European Commission survey, “[c]hildren in Europe are aware of the risks of illegal downloading, but often rationalize their act by saying that everyone [...]
Pragmatism rather than religious fervor at Linux World
The Register points out that “[o]pen source server and desktop companies in and around Silicon Valley are now being captained by executives who are either hardened by years of pushing [...]
Doh! New iMac and iPhone go OoXML – a rough month for ODF
The ODF-only evangelists have had a rough month. First, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts decided that its CIOs should have the ability to choose OoXML, PDF and RTF to best meet [...]
Startups Bite the Hand That Feeds Them
The Wall Street Journal had an amusing piece about TheFunded.com yesterday, a site where startups can write what they really think of the VCs they've met and/or done business with. [...]
Say it Ain’t So! Fake Steve Jobs is Just a Magazine Editor…
New York Times reporter Brad Stone outed one of our favorite bloggers, Fake Steve Jobs, today. I couldn't agree more with Larry Dignan of CNET who wrote:I’ll still read Lyons, [...]
Alfresco Open Source Trends Study: Lots of Hype, But Little to Back it Up
The rabid factions of the Free and Open Source communities are quick to jump on any report, study, or comment that suggests a proprietary product is in anyway better, cheaper, [...]