Development by Davis: “Linux distributions come in every flavor” plus 3 more

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• Linux distributions come in every flavor
• UK Government finalizes Open Standards Principles: The Bigger Picture
• MediaGoblin now seeking crowdfunding for growth
• Branding and the open source marketplace

Linux distributions come in every flavor Posted: 06 Nov 2012 02:00 AM PST What version of Linux do you use? CentOS Debian Fedora Mageia Mint openSuse Ubuntu Linux distributions are operating systems for desktops, servers, laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, and tablets (and some minimal environments). These poll choices are only a few of the many different ones out there. Specifically, they rank among the top ten on DistroWatch (over the last 12 months). Read more... read more

UK Government finalizes Open Standards Principles: The Bigger Picture Posted: 05 Nov 2012 11:00 PM PST Last week, the UK Cabinet Office released its Open Standards Principles: For software interoperability, data and document formats in government IT specifications. It became effective November 1, 2012, and applies to IT specifications for software interoperability, data, and document formats for all services delivered by, or on behalf of, central government departments, their agencies, non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), and any other bodies for which they are responsible. Read more... read more This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

MediaGoblin now seeking crowdfunding for growth Posted: 05 Nov 2012 05:00 AM PST Remember when we told you about MediaGoblin, the open source media publishing system? Now they're building higher and higher, and they're looking for help. As they write on the campaign page: Read more... read more

Branding and the open source marketplace Posted: 05 Nov 2012 03:00 AM PST In the extremely overcrowded open source marketplace, marketing managers find it difficult to think of innovative ways to raise their brand's visibility. With so many brands jostling for attention, the low signal-to-noise ratio might tempt marketers into adopting an "everything but the kitchen sink" approach, attempting every idea from the marketing playbook in the hope that one will stick. However, this would be a mistake: careful niche marketing offers greater opportunities for brand advancements and market share. Let's see how. Read more... read more

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Development by Davis: “Patent reform: Can preissuance submissions help?” plus 1 more

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Patent reform: Can preissuance submissions help? Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:00 AM PST While almost no one thinks that the America Invents Act (AIA) will completely solve America's patent problems, there are a few provisions in the AIA that may be useful tools in limiting and/or preventing bad patents. One of these tools is the newly implemented Preissuance Submission procedure, which went into effect on September 16, 2012. This procedure allows third parties to participate in the patent application process by providing prior art, which can then be used by a patent examiner to determine whether a patent application lacks novelty or is otherwise obvious. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has now seized upon the new procedure to organize a project to identify pending applications related to 3D printing and then seek out relevant prior art for submission. Read more... read more

New AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processors Deliver the Winning Solution for Virtualized Data Centers and High Performance Computing Clusters Posted: 05 Nov 2012 12:00 AM PST AMD (NYSE: AMD) today unveiled its new AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series server processors based on its next-generation  "Piledriver" core architecture. The new AMD Opteron processors deliver superior performance and...

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Development by Davis: “Tux the Cat: A crowdsourced name” plus 1 more

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Tux the Cat: A crowdsourced name Posted: 02 Nov 2012 07:30 AM PDT Would you crowdsource your pet's name? Sure, why not? What if I don't like it? I did and it was fun. According to Examiner.com, people choose names for their pets with the same intent and emotion as naming their children. But some would say it's just a little too strange to crowdsource a child's name than a pet's name. Maybe, who you're asking would make all the difference—strangers versus friends.  Read more... read more

Open Faculty Expertise grant helps teachers gain necessary expertise Posted: 02 Nov 2012 05:00 AM PDT A group of colleagues—Stoney Jackson (Western New England University), Sean Goggins (Drexel University), Darci Burdge (Nassau Community College), Lori Postner (Nassau Community College), and Greg Hislop (Drexel University)—and I have recently been awarded an NSF TUES Type 2 grant we're calling OpenFE for Open Faculty Expertise. The expertise that we're trying to build here is in the area of supporting student learning via participation in humanitarian FOSS (HFOSS) projects. Read more... read more

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Development by Davis

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Food for thought: Consumer collaboration on car design Posted: 01 Nov 2012 04:00 AM PDT Each year automobile companies try to predict what new features consumers will want in their cars. If their predictions are right, they are richly rewarded with increased car sales. If they are wrong, they suffer the financial consequences. But wait, is that the best way to design cars? What if car companies invited consumers to the table as equal partners in the design process? The way I see it, consumers could be buying cars they co-designed—reducing the gigantic financial risk to car companies, not to mention the waste of never-purchased vehicles. Read more... read more

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Development by Davis: “Tension between innovation and optimization” plus 1 more

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Tension between innovation and optimization Posted: 01 Nov 2012 03:00 AM PDT Optimization, with its Lean Sig Sigma standard-bearer, has always been the objective of management for the industrial era, designed to control variability and increase productivity. In the information age, with the pace of change accelerating, innovation commercialization will be equally as critical to a firm's ongoing viability. Read more... read more

Hershey Kisses, a pumpkin, and MaKey MaKey create an open source Halloween Posted: 31 Oct 2012 01:46 PM PDT We've been anxiously awaiting our chance to mess with a MaKey MaKey after we wrote this post, and we finally got our hands on one just in time for Halloween. MaKey MaKey's are based off Arduino, and you plug them into your computer with a USB cord. Basically you can alligator clip anything that conducts electricity and to make anything into a key. Read more... read more

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