Leftovers: OSS
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Instant messaging service Wire open-sources its server code
This is a good time for open-source communication systems.
The decentralized, free software, Twitter-esque social network Mastodon seems to be doing rather well. And now Wire, the end-to-end encrypted instant messaging platform, is releasing the source code for its server.
The source for the Wire client was already available. But now the company is releasing the server source code, as well—up on GitHub and licensed under the AGPL.
This is astoundingly good news. As I've written about previously, Wire is a platform I've been quite happy with (I even interviewed the CTO of Wire). One of the downsides? The lack of publicly available source code for the server. That shortcoming is being remedied.
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Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications
My complaint about the growing use of chat services like Slack, HipChat, and so on, for communication by open source projects is that these services are not open. As I see it there are two issues:
Slack, et al, are paid services with closed memberships. Sure, there are lots of little apps running on Heroku dyno’s that automate the “send me an invite” process, but fundamentally these are closed systems.
This means that the content inside those systems is closed. I cannot link to a discussion in a Slack channel in a tweet. I cannot refer to it in an issue report, and I cannot cite it in a presentation. Knowledge is silo’d to those who have the time and ability to participate in chat services in real time.
Slack, et al, are based on synchronous communication, which discriminate against those who do not or can not take part of the conversation in real time. For example, real time chat discriminates against those who aren’t in the same time zone–you can’t participate fully in an open source project if all the discussion happens while you’re asleep.Even if you are in the same time zone, real time chat assumes a privilege that you have the spare time–or an employer who doesn’t mind you being constantly distracted–to be virtually present in a chat room. Online chat clients are resource hogs, and presume the availability of a fast computer and ample, always on, internet connection, again raising the bar for participation.
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Google Brings SDN to the Public Internet
Google unveiled to the outside world its peering edge architecture — Espresso.
At the Open Networking Summit (ONS), Google Fellow Amin Vahdat said Espresso is the fourth pillar of Google’s software-defined networking (SDN) strategy. Its purpose is to bring SDN to the public Internet.
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What to do when your open source hobby becomes a project
Many software developers have their own side projects, which are often open source projects. When those open source hobbies grow too big, how do developers manage them?
All open business and projects face this problem: If they grow too big, more members are necessary for carrying the collective load. Their strategies for scaling are important.
One popular open source community recently faced this problem. And the way that community surmounted it teaches us something about the art of scaling an open organization.
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Free & Open source: Personalized Web Experience Management with Pimcore
There is a huge variety of Content Management Systems (CMS) available in the market – all of which seem to have similar offerings that include an assortment of useful and effective features to enable content and asset management. With such similarities between systems, how does one go about choosing the right system? How is it possible to differentiate the robust and reliable solutions from the underperforming ones?
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Black Duck Launches 2017 Open Source 360° Survey [Ed: Anti-GPL Microsoft proxy Black Duck rears its ugly head again and wants to control the narrative]
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[Video] General Camillo Sileo explains why the Italian army decided to migrate to open source and how it's done
General Camillo Sileo explains why the Italian army decided to migrate to open source and how it's done
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