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Fun With Wordage

Ben wrote a must read post about public discussion that I think any Open Source developer needs to read. If you’re a Mozilla contributor, read it extra close. It really makes only 1 point (make more discussion open). But it doesn’t really address all the problems that prevent that goal from becoming [...]

Found this rather interesting:

It’s been known for a while Yahoo is a PHP user, but it’s interesting to see them giving back. Very cool.

CNet News is reporting that Homeland Security is sponsoring an effort to secure open source software. According to the article:

In the effort, which the government agency calls the “Vulnerability Discovery and Remediation, Open Source Hardening Project,” Stanford and Coverity will build and maintain a system that does daily scans of code contributed to popular [...]

These guys are hero’s. The fact that they are needed sucks. It’s good to see someone preparing to take on what will be a more and more essential task as some of the corporations feel threatened by open source.

I decided I needed some geeky play time this evening, so I downloaded the latest CVS build of WordPress (yes they skipped numbers) and ran it in a dev environment, just for me to look, poke, and play. I’m floored. A rundown of what I see/like:

Themes - Makes sense, needed to happen. [...]

Via Slashdot (as usual) I ran across this blog post. Of particular interest was this:

FireFox: Enabling Windows Users .. To Use Windows
I think we can all agree that FireFox gives Windows users a way out from the security nightmare and feature desert that is Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. At least, Internet Explorer as it appears [...]

But some users of iMesh didn’t seem to be troubled by the actions of Marketscore. Users at iMesh forums chided those who complained, posting messages stating that “without spyware there’s no such thing as free software.”

[Source: Wired.com @ 12/6/2004 9:55 AM EST]
SpreadFirefox anyone? This is a common mindset among average internet users. Something [...]

I’m not political, so here’s my political analysis geek style:
Republicans
Analysis

Prefer proprietary technology
Invalid HTML is universal across sites, minimal web standards)
Choice in media players (QuickTime, Windows Media, Real)

Cases
Republican National Committee
GOP
GeorgeWBush.com
Democrats
Analysis

Prefer Open Source (most of the time, especially DNC website)
Prefer Web Standards at times
Choice in media (Windows Media, Real, Quicktime)

Cases
Democratic National Committee
JohnKerry.com
Democratic National Convention 2004
Others
Analysis

Varied, platforms but [...]

This article is inspirational. With another city on the way!
A big win for Open Source, and Linux.
And guess what browser is mentioned… that’s right. Mozilla got a little part of the action. No doubt a quality internet experience helped influence the decision.

According to a ZDNet article Sun Microsystems will open source Java.
Quite interesting. This could really change many things. From PDA applications, cell phones, to web applications.
Only time will tell what happens. Will it happen soon? Or in a decade? What will the license be? And what will [...]