Open Source Links: 11-07-2007
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.
Savio Rodrigues 5:18 pm on July 11, 2007 Permalink
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! 🙂
Roberto Galoppini 7:40 pm on July 11, 2007 Permalink
I am happy you enjoyed the post, Savio, it was brought to me by google alert, by the way.