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Beyond Telecom: Bob Frankston on the Future We Make for Ourselves

May 1st, 2008 by Doc Searls in

Tech pioneer Bob Frankston makes the case for liberating networking from telephone and cable companies.

EOF - Getting Real about the Ideal

April 1st, 2008 by Doc Searls in

Nothing's perfect. That's why we'll never stop debugging everything.

Interview with Eric S. Raymond

January 1st, 2008 by Glyn Moody in

Eric Raymond on the history and future of open source.

EOF - The Power of the Individual, Modeled by Open-Source Development

December 1st, 2007 by Doc Searls in

Are Linux geeks leading the way to long-awaited business reform?

Linux for Suits - The Usefulness Paradigm

November 1st, 2007 by Doc Searls in

If you don't like the usefulness paradigm, submit a patch.

Linux for Suits - Work to Be Done

August 1st, 2007 by Doc Searls in

Break down the knowledge barriers with demotic character, relative impermanence, dialogic imagination and other picture postcards.

Linux for Suits - Beyond Blogging's Black Holes

July 1st, 2007 by Doc Searls in

With death threats and other terrorism, blogging ain't what it used to be.

Interview with Simon Phipps

June 1st, 2007 by Glyn Moody in

Simon Phipps defends the open-source roots of Sun and the GPL-ization of Java.

Linux for Suits - Penguins in Winnipeg

May 1st, 2007 by Doc Searls in

A conversation with Michael Collins about what's up with the Manitoba Media Centre.

Beachhead - What Is the Value of Software?

May 1st, 2007 by Jon "maddog" Hall in

It looks pretty, but what can it do?

/var/opinion - They're Ba-ack

May 1st, 2007 by Nicholas Petreley in

The Network Computing revolution rears its beautiful head once again, thanks to Ajax.

Beachhead - The Outer Banks

April 1st, 2007 by Jon “maddog” Hall in

Software developers should know that even geeks sometimes want to be treated like Mom & Pop.

Linux for Suits - Why an iPhone When We Can Make Our Own Open Phone?

April 1st, 2007 by Doc Searls in

Let's break up the cell-phone silos, for everybody's good.

/var/opinion - Dealing with the Devil

March 1st, 2007 by Nicholas Petreley in

Who sings the praises of those who got rich taking bribes from Al Capone?

Linux for Suits - DIY Internet Infrastructure

March 1st, 2007 by Doc Searls in

An open-source angle on muni-Net infrastructure build-out.

Interview with Christof Wittig and Jerry Fiddler of db4objects

February 1st, 2007 by Nicholas Petreley in

db4objects emerges as a unique blend of company and community.

Linux for Suits - Migrating a Mentality

February 1st, 2007 by Doc Searls in

We're not going to get the Net we want until we quit thinking it's gravy on top of telephone and cable service.

An Interview with Marten Mickos of MySQL

January 1st, 2007 by Glyn Moody in

MySQL has become a household word and a profitable business.

Linux for Suits - Embedded at the Edge

January 1st, 2007 by Doc Searls in

Visiting the grass-roots Net growing out of Copenhagen's basements.

Beachhead - Ode to Joy

January 1st, 2007 by Jon “maddog” Hall in

This month, maddog gives us a little music history and some words on patents.
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September 2008, #173

Feeling a bit like a Thermian? Never give up, never surrender! Someday, you could go from underdog to top dog. Just take a look at a few of the underdogs we highlight in this issue: Mutt, djbdns, Nginix, Gentoo, Xara and the program voted mostly likely to fail just a few years back—Firefox. If Firefox not radical enough for you, check out Chef Marcel's column for some more alternatives. Having trouble mapping your program data to your relational database? If so, Rueven Lerner shows you some tricks in his At The Forge column.

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