First let me make it clear that Open Cloud Initiative (OCI) is not dead and it is going to stay for a long time advocating openness. Also, I will fight all I can to keep it going. Having said that I am writing this post to re-emphasize something which I have been saying all along. [...]
OSCON Week: Open Cloud Initiative Launched To Drive Open Standards In Cloud Computing
July 26, 2011 By
This is OSCON Week here at Portland, Oregon and it is time for some interesting news involving openness and cloud computing. Last year it was OpenStack and this year, even though the impact factor is not similar, it is Open Cloud Initiative (OCI). Open Cloud Initiative is a non-profit organization put together by a bunch of well known individuals who advocate openness [...]
Libcloud Joins Apache Software Foundation Incubator
November 21, 2009 By 2 Comments
Libcloud, the open source python library released by the vendor Cloudkick, has taken the first steps to be part of Apache Software Foundation by joining the ASF Incubator. Libcloud offers a single programming interface for apps to access different cloud providers including Amazon EC2, Rackspace, vCloud, Terramark, etc.. Even without any standards, Libcloud can offer [...]
Open Web Foundation Agreement Launched
November 18, 2009 By 2 Comments
Yesterday, DeWitt Clinton of Open Web Foundation announced that Open Web Foundation Agreement (OWFa) is now available for use by the developers The Open Web Foundation was founded to help developer communities collaborate and share technical innovation on the web, bringing to the world of formats and protocols the same successful grassroots approaches established by [...]
Microsoft And Redhat Get Cozy With Each Other
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Why Kindle Is A Bad Idea To Begin With?
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Google Health: Some observations
May 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Google launched Google Health yesterday, a way to store your health records in the computing cloud. I have no problems in putting my health records in the cloud. My insurance company has access to my health records already. If they can have it, I will have no problem with Google storing it on their clouds. [...]
Facebook – Scoble Fiasco Series: Data ownership
January 4, 2008 By 7 Comments
This is the first post in the Facebook-Scoble Fiasco Series. I want to use this incident to raise the awareness of the users of social networks. This incident brought into focus many claims and counterclaims. Some of them are valid and the rest are plain bullshit. I hope this series helps people make a distinction [...]
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