It is a common knowledge that, usually, Open Source projects are successful because of the developers scratching their personal itch. It often starts with a group of disgruntled developers frustrated with a proprietary software because it fails to satisfy their needs. The very fact that they are left helpless due to the absence of source [...]
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Open Source Security Revisited – With Enough Eyeballs, All Bugs Are Shallow
Filed Under: Open Source Tagged With: bugs, diaspora, Facebook, fud, Open Source, Proprietary Software, SaaS, Security, Social Networks
The notion of Privacy and Morality in the facebook world
Image via Wikipedia Today I woke up reading a troubling news about an University of Washington student was held in Italy on the suspicion of her involvement in the murder of her apartment mate. Later, Monica Guzman of Seattle PI kickstarted a discussion on facebook about how the media is using the information from the [...]
Filed Under: General Tagged With: Ethics, Facebook, Privacy, Social Networks, Social Platforms
History teaches us that the future of social networks is an open one
Image via CrunchBase We are dreaming about decentralized social networks, where we can take our data and friends to wherever we go. Some of us are even wondering if Facebook and other social networks will take the necessary first step. But the venture capitalist Fred Wilson says that if people leave Facebook for its walled [...]
Filed Under: Open Standards Tagged With: Data Portability, Open Standards, Social Networks
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