Visualizing the commercialization of open source

This morning I had a few hours to myself in a jetlagged induced stupor. It was refreshing to sit and watch the sunrise, yet disappointing to realize I had driven to work only to be locked out for an hour. So I had some time to ponder.

Being the visual …

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Back from India

I'm back from my trip to India. I had a great time. If I don't have anything useful to post about, I'll post pictures from my trip. I'll start out with this gem. In case you can't tell, I'm bowling. No, not that kind of bowling, the other kind, the …

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Python web framework rewrite take two....

Is the ease of developing in python a drawback? Is too much choice just confusing?

I'm in the middle of trying to get TurboGears working with Python 2.3 (the latest subversion head supposedly supports it...) to see if I can use it as a framework for SAM. (Though like …

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I impersonate Alax Cox at FOSS

One of the nice things about conferences is the oppurtunity to meet new people. It was nice to be able to mingle with Alan Cox for a little bit while fighting for Pizza at FOSS. Talking with Seemant was cool too. Props to those community volunteers such as Seemant who …

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FOSS Day 3

Today started off with a bang with a keynote Andrew Cowie. He did an excellent job speaking and wasn't afraid to ruffle feathers. One of the best parts was his proposal to change Linux to "Open Office/Mozilla/Apache/Perl/Gnu/Linux" (talking RMS's GNU/Linux fixation one step further …

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FOSS Day 2 (the kernel, turbogears, google and gentoo)

Today was the second day of FOSS. I'll jot down my observations from today.

The first talk I attended was from LWN's Jonathon Corbet. He discussed recent happenings in the Linux kernel. He noted that the development cycle of the kernel was becoming more "professional", with two week cycles for …

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Report from FOSS 2005 (day 1)

I made it to India intact. I haven't really slept much in the past 48 hours, so forgive the typos. The FOSS conference is being held outside of the palace of Bangalore. The schedule got kind of messed up and many of the talks were delayed by varying amounts. This …

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Off to India

Still alive here. What's new? I'm off to India for a while. I'm going to work with our team over there and help out with Foss. This will be my first time on the other side of the Atlantic so I'm pretty excited.

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