Mark Hinkle: Socialized Software: February 2008 Archives
Scoble visited MySpace this week and reports on his trip. I am not a MySpace fan I use it just enough to understand how it works and occasionally to find old friends but I don't rely on it like I do some other social networking sites. I was impressed by their philosophy though.
Last week the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) put out a legal primer for free and open source software issues. The thirty seven page document is a nice reference for someone who wants to get up to speed on the legal pitfalls and nuances of open source software. For those not familiar with the Software Freedom Law Center they were founded in 2005 to provide legal representation and other law-related services to protect and advance Free and Open Source Software.
I have been watching the Linux laptop market for a while now. I used Linux on a Dell for over six years and was reasonably happy until I discovered EVDO. There simply wasn't good support for the cards so I switched to Mac OS X.
Novell just announced that they have acquired Sitescape, a collaboration vendor. They make an open source collaboration tool called ICEcore which by their description is...
WordPress put out an urgent security release today. If you are using an older version of WordPress you should consider upgrading to version 2.3.3 as soon as possible.
Is 2008 going to be the Year of the Acquisition? Activity in 2007 was on the rise but now things seem to be at full speed.
