Technology. Opinion. Stuff.
Feb 24 2010
Apparently, the self-described International Intellectual Property Alliance, which includes perennial bad actors such as the MPAA and the RIAA as member is now pushing a rules change in the US export/import controls that would brand Open Source Software as pirated goods and that in fact Open Source software is a “threat” to the very existence of [...]
Feb 22 2010
Life’s weird, it puts you in odd, uncomfortable situations and occasionally out of the chaos potentially wonderful opportunities materialize when you least expect them. For example:
This week I am winding down a consulting gig that got cut short by the client’s management who decided 2 weeks ago to cut the budget on the project I [...]
Feb 20 2010
Golly, CEO’s say the darndest things! Qwest CEO Ed Mueller is quoted as responding to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s call for upgrading the US broradband infrastructure to 100Mbits to the home in the next decade saying: “100 meg is just a dream, we couldn’t afford it.” He went on to add ”First, we don’t think the customer [...]
Aug 30 2009
The Guardian has an interesting piece about Microsoft UK’s media chief Ashley Highfield who was apparently spreading FUD at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival at which he warned TV executives that within two years they will face an “iTunes moment” and “hand control” of their businesses over to Apple. Desperate much, Ahsley?
It’s classic [...]