01.31.12
Jacob Appelbaum on Software and Freedom (Update: Ogg Version)
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12.29.11
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert Explain Why the Gates Foundation Does Bad Work
Summary: Russia Today explains the Gates Foundation
The Gates Foundation is part of the patenting cartel and it monopolises many things. Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert explain this in their new episode, which is pretty well made. For those who wish to get right to the ‘beef’, skip the first 5 or so minutes.
11.07.11
Attachmate/Novell: Videos, GroupWise, and Abandonment
Summary: An accumulation of news about Novell, focusing on particular themes
New Novell Videos
GroupWise still has some new videos posted about it, e.g. [1, 2, 3] to name the latest. While it is true that a new version is coming, not many changes will be introduced. GroupWise is a dying product with a shrinking userbase.
“Novell Productions” might be a trademark violation in another, separate new video on YouTube, but the Novell brand is a dying brand anyway. It’s coming to be known as Attachmate — whatever does not get liquidated or shut down. There are other new Novell videos, but some are in Polish or are short clips from/about India. It has been a long time since we last saw Teaming mentioned, but here it is again (“Netflex Success Story for Novell Teaming + Conferencing”).
Goodbye Groupwise?
There was a heap of material in the news again about LA’s planned move to Google (from Novell) To quote one example:
The amended contract requires Google to pay for the police and related agencies to stay on Novell GroupWise till November 2012. Google was already footing the Groupwise bill through June 20, 2011. The cost to Google could be several million dollars. But the blow to Google’s reputation as a provider of safe and secure email and collaboration could be far higher.
Over a year ago we showed how both Novell and Microsoft spread FUD to derail this move. It was all over the news in the middle/end of last month:
The letter, dated Aug. 17, 2011, but confidential until now, essentially says Google is responsible for paying for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD)’s Novell GroupWise deployment through November 2012.
More information can be found in [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9].
Goodbye Novell
In the new we still find former Novell staff that finds a new home by moving to other companies. We also find former Novell staff in Allegiance now. To quote:
The company has named Jason Taylor, formerly with Omniture and Novell, as executive vice president of engineering.
Here is another news story about Novell getting the boot:
The project started four years ago when the University realised it was going to have to replace its aging mish-mash of legacy systems based around conventional PCs and obsolete technology such as Novell’s Netware.
Guess who is moving to Microsoft? Former customers of Novell:
“In moving from Novell to Microsoft for our back end, we had a blank slate,” says Johnson. The organization decided to move from systems-based downloads for applications to user-based downloads. In other words, end users can choose from a library of pre-approved software that they download themselves.
With Attachmate in charge, it is almost guaranteed that Novell’s old business will evaporate one client at a time. █
08.12.11
TechBytes Now Available in Ogg and in WebM Format
Summary: YouTube allows users to view the videos in HTML5 mode, as part of its current trial
YouTube is finally working properly without Adobe Flash… provided one enables this option. Episodes of TechBytes have all been uploaded to YouTube while Google was encoding as WebM, providing both a fallback hosting service and another free format. TinyOgg is no longer operating, but its purpose of replacing Flash with Free software/codecs has now been fulfilled by Google, at least to an extent. █
New Zealand’s Software Patents Debate on Television
Summary: Don Christie of Catalyst IT confronts a non-practising pundit (‘IP’ person/patent lawyer) over the issue of software patents
We were hoping to get hold of the video and we finally did, thanks to Benjamin Henrion who uploaded it. Here it is in YouTube (which now has WebM versions of most videos, although it’s in testing one must opt in for).
For more information, also see our page about software patents in New Zealand. █
07.09.11
Thoughts on Apple in 2011
Summary: Apple has turned from somewhat of an underdog nearing bankruptcy into an attack dog and master of mass hypnosis. I explain my concerns about Apple in this ramble.
YouTube: Thoughts on Apple in 2011 – Part 1
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07.08.11
Thoughts on Microsoft
Summary: Microsoft is a longtime monopoly abuser and now a major patent aggressor. This video explains my distrust of Microsoft.
YouTube: Thoughts on Microsoft – Part 1
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07.07.11
Thoughts on Ubuntu in 2011
Summary: The GNU/Linux distribution called “Ubuntu” is under scrutiny; it is also said to be declining among distributions. This video is a ramble which discusses what’s going on with Ubuntu this year.
YouTube: Thoughts on Ubuntu in 2011 – Part 1
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