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Let The Bible Go Free!
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Let The Bible Go Free!

News emerged Friday that the British government intends to send a copy of the Bible (along with some immortal words penned by Michael Gove) to every school in the...

Catness
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Catness

Another good Simon’s Cat animation.

Thanks, ECJ!
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Thanks, ECJ!

While the USA has a day of general thanksgiving today, European citizens need to be especially thankful to the European Court of Justice for their decision that...

Big May Not Be Better
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Big May Not Be Better

Price myths persist long after their time. A decade after the popularisation of open source for business use, I’m still hearing the idea espoused that it’s safer...

Open Rights Group on FLOSS Weekly
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Open Rights Group on FLOSS Weekly

Tomorrow (November 23rd) I’ll be visiting Jim Killock, Executive Director of the Open Rights Group (the UK’s answer to the EFF), and interviewing him on FLOSS Weekly...

Open Source Nurtures Innovation
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Open Source Nurtures Innovation

Following on from a blog posting about open source and innovation by Stephen O’Grady, I’ve written about the way open source potentially makes innovation easier...

The Problem With Free
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The Problem With Free

UK government procurement is still crippled by the dazzling power of the word “free”, which drowns out appreciation of the true strengths of open source. Read about...

Ending Aggregation
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Ending Aggregation

I think it’s time for the aggregator on webmink.net to be closed down. I plan to redirect from there to here starting next week. If you think this would be a bad...

? T-DOSE in Eindhoven
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? T-DOSE in Eindhoven

I’m just setting out for Eindhoven in The Netherlands, where I will be delivering the keynote at 10:00 tomorrow (Saturday November 5th) at T-DOSE. I’ll be considering...

News Roundup
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News Roundup

I just posted an open source news roundup over on ComputerWorldUK, covering UK government procurement, Microsoft and Samba, LibreOffice and IBM’s MQTT.

? Eddi Reader this Thursday
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? Eddi Reader this Thursday

I just picked up tickets to go see Eddi Reader in Southampton this Thursday, November 3rd. You may remember her as the heart of the band Fairground Attraction back...

? Liberty and Vigilance
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? Liberty and Vigilance

In the Place de la Bastille in Paris, this statue stands at the top of a column commemorating the citizens of France who took up arms to finally rid themselves...

Nothing New
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Nothing New

Watching an interesting TED Talk by Amber Case, I was reminded of a long-term guiding principle I have followed when faced with novelty. It’s an old idea that’s...

Modern Hero Revisited
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Modern Hero Revisited

About a decade ago I started a “spool” of the comments I had been making on my personal website (which had been running since the late 90s – I actually started...

In Sunlight
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In Sunlight

Today has been a beautiful day in Paris, spent walking and talking in the brilliant autumnal sunlight with dear and charming friends – which has been the theme...

Radical Openness in Lyon
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Radical Openness in Lyon

Next week I will be speaking at the fOSSa conference in Lyon, France. The theme for the day is “openness” and I have the day’s closing slot. Here’s the abstract...

Should Justin Bieber Go To Jail?
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Should Justin Bieber Go To Jail?

If you found my article in ComputerWorldUK yesterday too long and/or complicated, this cmpaign web site is the perfect alternative: Free Justin Bieber.

On Ecclesiastes and Pornography
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On Ecclesiastes and Pornography

Filtering “pornography” without any way to define what it is can only harm our society, and seeing it proposed is yet another reminder that the “Ecclesiastes Principle”...

Need Tab-Sweep Tool
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Need Tab-Sweep Tool

Quick LazyWeb request:

? Removing Obstructions
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? Removing Obstructions

Last week I was in Paris as a guest of The Document Foundation to speak at their first annual LibreOffice Conference. It was my honour to make the opening remarks...
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