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IBM’s Wager on Open Source Is Still Paying Off
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 05:18:09 PM Filed under



When IBM got involved with the Linux open source project in 1998, they were betting that giving their code and time to the community would be a worthwhile investment. Now, 18 years later, IBM is more involved than ever, with more than 62,000 employees trained and expected to contribute to open source projects, according to Todd Moore, Vice President of Open Technology at IBM, speaking at ApacheCon in May.
“It became apparent that open source could be the de facto standards we needed to be the engine to go out and drive things,” Moore said in his keynote at ApacheCon. “[The contributions] were bets; we didn’t know how this was going to come out, and we didn’t know if open source would grow, we knew there would be roadblocks and things we’d have to overcome along the way, but it had promise. We thought this would be the way of the future.”
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Academies
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 04:44:46 PM Filed under

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Linux Academy Brings Real World Training to University Curriculums
Today, Linux Academy announces its new education membership pricing packages for current university-level students and professors to supplement classroom learning with hands-on training.
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Launching fossBytes Academy — Learn What You Want Anywhere, Anytime
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Introducing TweakTown Academy
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Microsoft Proxy Black Duck Wants to be “Global Center for Open Source Research & Innovation”
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 04:23:52 PM Filed under

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Black Duck Announces Creation of Global Center for Open Source Research & Innovation [Ed: A Microsoft proxy declares itself “Global Center for Open Source Research & Innovation”]
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Black Duck Launches Promising Open Source Innovation Center [Ed: So a Microsoft proxy wants to become the world's authority on Microsoft's competitors now?]
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Leftovers: OSS
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 11:25:47 AM Filed under
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Apache Mesos turns 1.0, but it’s no Kubernetes clone
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In the browser election, Chrome leads by a landslide
Chrome reached a major milestone last month when it was used by more than half of those browsing from a personal computer, data published Monday showed.
According to U.S. analytics vendor Net Applications, Chrome's user share grew by more than 2 percentage points in July, the fourth time in the last six months that its gains were of that size, to end the month at 51%.
In the last 12 months, Chrome has added 23.1 percentage points to its user share, starting that stretch with less than 30% and ending by owning a majority of the worldwide desktop browser market. Only two browsers have controlled more than half of the global browser share this century: Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE), which held a majority until December 2015, and now Chrome.
As throughout 2016, most of Chrome's July gains came at the expense of Microsoft's browsers. IE and the newer Edge collectively lost 2.1 percentage points, dropping to 34.7%, a record low. Apple's Safari shed one-tenth of a point, falling to 4.5%, its lowest level since November 2015.
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Working for Women’s Economic Empowerment with the United Nations High Level Panel
Mozilla Foundation Webmaker Program, Indonesia (photo credit: Laura de Reynal)
It is critical to ensure that women are active participants in digital life. Without this we won’t reach full economic empowerment. An explicit focus on women and digital life is necessary for economic empowerment because the statistics are striking: over 1.7 billion women in low- and middle-income countries do not own mobile phones. Women in South Asia are 38 percent less likely to own a phone than men; in Africa, they are 50 percent less likely to use the internet.
This is the perspective and focus I bring to the UN High Level Panel for Women’s Economic Empowerment, an initiative of the United Nations that aims at unlocking the power of women to work and achieve their financial independence. You can read here about my participation to the Panel.
I joined fellow Panel members in Costa Rica a few weeks ago for a meeting hosted by Costa Rica President, Luis Guillermo Solis. Many thanks to President Solis for leading the meeting with both commitment and authenticity!
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Google, Intel, and Mirantis rewrite OpenStack's life-cycle management tool
Fuel, OpenStack's management tool, is being recreated to use Kubernetes as its foundation.
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“Incubator” On GitHub — Facebook’s Open Source Gift To Programmers [Ed: Spies, censors and propagandists from Facebook busy 'planting' self-openwashing puff pieces]
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Facebook Incubator Will Steward Promising Open Source Applications
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SoldiPubblici one of OGP showcases awarded star status
SoldiPubblici, an open data portal providing the public with information on Italian government expenditure, has been acknowledged as a "star" commitment by the Open Government Partnership (OGP). In the evaluation report 'Star Reforms in the Open Government Partnership' star status is given to a selection of commitments from OGP Action Plans to which the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) awarded star status in their latest reporting cycle. "These showcases represent exemplary reforms that have a potentially transformative impact on citizens in the country of implementation."
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UK and Finland Europe’s eGovernment leaders - UNPAN
The United Kingdom and Finland are Europe’s eGovernment leaders, according to the United Nations Public Administration Network (UNPAN) 2016 UN eGovernment Survey. The list of top 10 eGovernment countries is completed by Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, France, Estonia, Germany, Austria, and Spain.
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UNPAN reports improvements for most EU countries
The United Nations Public Administration Network (UNPAN) 2016 UN eGovernment Survey shows improvements in most of the lower ranking EU Member States. While in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania, eGovernment services improved, these were lower than the European average.
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Parallel Programming: July 2016 Update
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Web Sites' FOSS
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 09:20:23 AM Filed under

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Govstrap.io enables rapid deployment of UK government websites
United Kingdom government websites can now be deployed within minutes by re-using the familiar theme produced by Government Digital Services (GDS) in combination with the Bootstrap framework.
The open source software specialist OpusVL has made it possible to take the official Gov.UK website theme, which is under the MIT license, and reproduce it quickly and easily using Bootstrap, which originated from Twitter. Bootstrap is an HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for creating front end websites and applications. With an increase in the variety of devices used to view websites, Bootstrap is a standard tool kit for building responsive design, and enabling websites to be mobile- and tablet-friendly.
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Concrete5 Releases Version 8 Beta, More Open Source CMS News
Portland, Ore.-based concrete5 released its version 8 beta for testing and feedback. It's good for site builders who are comfortable reporting and fixing bugs, and who are prepared to build their test sites from scratch. Just remember: Beta releases are never recommended for production websites.
Technology evangelist Jessica Dunbar called it "a key milestone and is the work of more than 230 contributors." To find out about the new features, see what’s in store for version 8.
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France pilots open source-based cloud services
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 09:16:20 AM Filed under
The French government is trying out various open source-based alternatives for building its own cloud computing infrastructure, writes SGMAP. “Free software enables modernisation of IT systems, including its most important new projects”, writes the government modernisation unit.
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FOSS and Linux Events
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 06:47:04 AM Filed under

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2nd annual Open Source Open Society
Using open source to improve how business and Government work at 2nd annual Open Source Open Society
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Last day for SeaGL talk submission
SeaGL conference in Seattle in November is still looking for speakers and today is the last day to submit talks. This is an all inclusive conference, featuring Allison Randal, President of the Open Source Initiative as the keynote speaker.
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Last chance to submit linux.conf.au talks
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FCC settlement with Wi-Fi router maker a win for open source advocates
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Tuesday 2nd of August 2016 06:43:54 AM Filed under
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FCC settlement with Wi-Fi router maker a win for open source advocates
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TP-Link fined $200k, told to be nice to wireless router tinkers after throwing a hissy fit
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FCC Demands TP-Link Support Third-Party Router Firmware
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TP-Link settles with the FCC over risky WiFi router power levels
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FCC settlement means TP-Link routers might support third-party firmware after all
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FCC Settles WiFi Router Power Investigation
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TP-Link to allow third-party firmware on routers
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TP-Link To Pay Up In Wi-Fi Router Settlement With FCC
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FCC forces TP-Link to support open source firmware on routers
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 1st of August 2016 09:44:17 PM Filed under
Networking hardware vendor TP-Link today admitted violating US radio frequency rules by selling routers that could operate at power levels higher than their approved limits. In a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission, TP-Link agreed to pay a $200,000 fine, comply with the rules going forward, and to let customers install open source firmware on routers.
The open source requirement is a unique one, as it isn't directly related to TP-Link's violation. Moreover, FCC rules don't require router makers to allow loading of third-party, open source firmware. In fact, recent changes to FCC rules made it more difficult for router makers to allow open source software.
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Expensive tools aren't the only option for graphic design (and never were)
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Monday 1st of August 2016 06:38:53 PM Filed under
How do graphic designers go from Adobe to open source and learn what tools are available and how to use them? Further, how are designers, printers, etc., convinced to embrace open source graphic design? First, they need to be aware of what is available. Second, they need to be instructed on how to use those tools via online tutorials or in-house sessions, providing all the tools necessary. Third, compare and contrast the open source tools with the paid options and prove that graphic design can be produced with open source tools and dispel the concept that open source-produced files are "corrupt."
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