Oracle Delivers Friday the 13th Bad Luck to FOSS
Despite personal beliefs, everybody treads a bit more carefully on Friday the 13th. But no amount of precaution could protect the Open Source community from the wave of bad luck that fell last Friday....
View ArticleOpen-Source Physics on Linux
My last several articles have covered lots of software for doing research in the sciences. But one important area I haven't covered in detail is the resources available for teaching the next...
View ArticleNon-Linux FOSS: Rearrange Your Furniture, Not Your Spine
My family is in the middle of moving from one house to another. Part of that move involves arranging furniture. I'll be honest, I can move a couch across a room only so many times before I start to...
View ArticleThe Death of RoboVM
Microsoft recently made a big noise about its love and support of the Open Source community (especially Linux), but while it's making concrete steps toward improving its support for FOSS projects, its...
View ArticleOracle vs. Google: Round 2
The conflict between Google and Oracle continues to blaze through the courtrooms. more>>
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