Development by Davis

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The future must be decentralized Posted: 08 Jun 2012 01:20 PM PDT Deb Nicholson is worried about the future of our data. They're being stockpiled by organizations whose ability to protect them is diminishing, but whose ability to keep users from accessing or transporting them is increasing. Bit by bit, these data are being centralized--gathered in large repositories outside users' control and sequestered there when competing products or services can't access or read them. Read more... read more

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Development by Davis: “Does open design hardware have a place in manufacturing?” plus 1 more

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Does open design hardware have a place in manufacturing? Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:59 AM PST Do you remember HeathKit? The company that sold circuit board and resistor kits you could assemble to make your own electronics? Building a HeathKit was no great feat of engineering—it came with a fixed list of parts and the schematic—but it helped you understand how electronics work by letting you assemble your own electronic products. And back in the day, a well-built HeathKit radio was every bit as good as the store-bought ones. Read more... read more

OpenForum Europe finds trademark references in IT procurements widespread, break rules Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST Report: 'Contracting authorities must take exit costs into account' Public administrations that are procuring IT services and software must add to the budget plan the exit costs needed to move to alternative IT solutions after the end of the contract period. That is one of the recommendations by Open Forum Europe, an organisation advocating the use of open standards in ICT, in a report on procurement published this Monday. Read more... read more

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Development by Davis: “Five and a half couples who shared love and work the open source way” plus 1 more

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Five and a half couples who shared love and work the open source way Posted: 13 Feb 2012 09:00 PM PST It's Valentine's Day, which is about love and relationships, and successful relationships are always based on the same principles that make open source projects successful--transparency, sharing, and generally working together for something better than either could have alone. Here are five couples who were not only partners in love, but in their work that also reflected the open source way. Read more... read more

Open Advice offers guidance for new open source contributors and the more experienced Posted: 13 Feb 2012 07:34 AM PST A new book sharing the perspectives of 42 open source contributors launched this month at FOSDEM. Open Advice, edited by Lydia Pintscher, shares what those successful people wish they'd known when they got started with open source software. In the foreword, Georg Greve, founding president of the Free Software Foundation Europe, explains why such a book is important, even to those barely aware of free and open source software: Read more... read more

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How San Francisco can get its gov 2.0 groove back Posted: 13 Feb 2012 05:10 AM PST There's been a great deal of discussion lately around the topic of government innovation, especially here in San Francisco, with the appointment of a new chief innovation officer, a new "civic accelerator," a new venture with a consortium of Bay Area technology companies and a new technology and innovation task force led by SF Mayor Ed Lee. All signs point to a bright gov 2.0 future for SF but, before we get too excited, let's look back so we can learn how to best overcome the past two years of innovation inertia. Read more... read more

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Development by Davis: “Open innovation is good for business” plus 1 more

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Open innovation is good for business Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:00 AM PST Open innovation is an area only beginning to enter mainstream enterprises, despite years of success in open source communities. It allows people both inside and outside the company to get involved and collaborate on new products and processes that result in beneficial change. Dr. Andrew McAfee, who coined the term "Enterprise 2.0," recently highlighted "open innovation" as an area ripe for mainstream business adoption. Organizations that want to find fresh approaches to their business processes, product or service offerings are encouraged to look outside traditional sources of expertise and be receptive to new contributors. Read more... read more

AMD to Present at Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference Posted: 08 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that Thomas Seifert, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference at 9:10 a.m. PST on Thursday, March 1, 2012 in San Francisco. A real-time audio webcast of the presentation can be accessed on the Investor Relations homepag...

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OSI announces new initiatives and seeks your input Posted: 07 Feb 2012 02:00 AM PST OSI is changing, and you can help! I spoke at FOSDEM in Brussels on Saturday on behalf of the Open Source Initiative (OSI), where I serve as a director. My noon keynote covered a little of the rationale behind OSI and a quick synopsis of its last decade from my own perspective and then announcements on OSI's behalf about the work we're doing to make OSI strong and relevant for a new decade. Read more... read more

UC Santa Cruz library chooses Creative Commons Posted: 06 Feb 2012 01:58 PM PST In response to requests for reuse of its content, like guides and how-to information, the University of California Santa Cruz library has adopted a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license for all of its content. "Many of us like to use Creative Commons licensed material in our own writing and teaching, so it made sense for us to do this," says Katie Fortney, the Library's Scholarly Communications Officer. "Here at the Library - at most libraries - we're paying a lot of attention to copyright and technology issues, and we want people to know that." Read more... read more

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