Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software

2009-06-03 Thread Karl Beecher
A reasonable attempt I thought, but I agree about the lack of coherence. I posted a review at http://floss.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2009/06/03/a-review-of-inside-the-anthill-open-source-means-business/ 2009/6/2 Harry Rickards : > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 06/02/09 13:15, Ro

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software

2009-06-02 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/02/09 13:15, Robert Flatters wrote: > I listen to the radio 4 broadcast and i got the feeling they were stuck > as to what to put into the report. i mean one minute it was talking > about the development of the software then the next it was on ab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software

2009-06-02 Thread alan c
alan c wrote: > mac wrote: >> Dave Walker wrote: >>> And for those that missed it, myself included: >>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/ >> >> Just listened to it. An implicit lesson in the difference between 'Open >> Source' (=

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software

2009-06-02 Thread Robert Flatters
I listen to the radio 4 broadcast and i got the feeling they were stuck as to what to put into the report. i mean one minute it was talking about the development of the software then the next it was on about ants..i lost it at that point. What they should have done is stick to the subject rath

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software

2009-06-02 Thread Sean Miller
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Alan Bell wrote: > Describing Linux as the first major piece of Open Source software is > revisionist and a factual error. It really wouldn't have hurt to talk > about Stallman, the FSF, the four freedoms and the GPL. In fact it would > make a much better story. No

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software

2009-06-02 Thread alan c
mac wrote: > Dave Walker wrote: >> And for those that missed it, myself included: >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/ > > Just listened to it. An implicit lesson in the difference between 'Open > Source' (=pragmatic - better way

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software

2009-06-01 Thread Alan Bell
I found that very strange. They did mention the Free software movement at about 7:30 "But the open source concept is not just about Mozilla, it started much earlier with the so called Free Software Movement in the 1980s. And it was a Finnish student in his early 20s who created the original br

Re: [ubuntu-uk] BBC Radio4 'open source' computer software

2009-06-01 Thread mac
Dave Walker wrote: > And for those that missed it, myself included: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kp806/Inside_the_Virtual_Anthill_Open_Source_Means_Business/ Just listened to it. An implicit lesson in the difference between 'Open Source' (=pragmatic - better ways to make money and a