Dienstag, 8. Oktober 2002

No lobby? On my O'Reilly weblog I talked about there being no real lobby for open source software outside the "Linux arena". Seems as though the Belgians are ahead of us here. (via Steven). I will be interested to see how their discussion on "Free Software" vs. "Open Source" goes. The initiative points to this document and this is stated on their web site: I personally prefer the term "Free Software". The URL I refer to, describes and lists what is and what is not Free Software, as defined by the FSF. That referred document has this to say about the Apache licence: This is a permissive non-copyleft free software license with a few requirements that render it incompatible with the GNU GPL. We urge you not to use the Apache licenses for software you write. However, there is no reason to avoid running programs that have been released under this license, such as Apache. So that would seem to currently rule out Apache software for thís Belgian initiative (if you are interested in doing more than just "running" the program). Why does this discussion always surface? It does more harm to the community than it benefits. Especially when we are talking about making open source a success in a commercial environment. Remember those commercial entities you are trying to woo (and compete against) will be watching discussions like that like hawks. Do it right. Please..

Spam - sort of: I've just received the October and November issue of Dr Dobbs in the mail. Why? I haven't filled out any subscription, so I assume it's just advertising. Or is someone trying to tell me something...own up now!

Trinidad calling: Dominic Da Silva is reading the Cocoon book. He also lists my weblog in his links. Added. iCal community: Lots of iCal calenders are being shared around the net - like here. I have been meaning to make up a "MattCal" and provide it for download. The calender would contain dates and stuff I think are interesting and of course any "public appearances" :). Ok, so I get carried away - sometimes. Show me the money: Microsoft readies new products. Including the Content Mangement Server 2002, which will retail "for $42,000 per processor". (via Dave) T-Commerce: Doc points to an interesting article from Rickard Linde on "Transparent Commerce" (T-Commerce). Just one quote from it: You know you've succeded when your customers run the company A lot of what Rickard writes about comes by "applied cluetrain" tactics. Weblogs are only the beginning.