OSCON Thu 26.7.2007: “The MySQL Architecture of Participation - Kay is going to talk about how MySQL will try to lower the threshold for external developers to contribute to MySQL.
Gobuntu is… go - The freedom-focused flavour of Ubuntu, named “Gobuntu” is live.
Can SourceForge style the self-support of open source? - Alex Fletcher sees SourceForge Marketplace as a viable development tool for the enterprise. Both the open source community and the company could benefit of it, he says. I totally agree.
Returns on open source VC investments - Savio tells us more about VCs investments.
LanguageTool: Open Source Language Checker - open-source, rule-based language checker, it can be imported into OpenOffice.org via the extensions manager.
Ubuntu receives Readers’ Choice Award for the “Best Linux Distribution - (PRWEB)
A history of transparency - Patrick Mueller, Senior Technical Staff member at IBM, talks about his experience with “transparency” over IBM’s product development process.
OpenMoko’s open source mobile phone an iPhone alternative? - Ben Balbo writes about OpenMoko Neo 1973, just released to the public.
Thanks for the pointer to Patrick’s post - very interesting (since I’m an IBMer). As Patrick suggests, we’re evolving our development practices and the story isn’t finished yet!
I am happy you enjoyed the post, Savio, it was brought to me by google alert, by the way.