open source - Notes From the Road

Posted by Mike Seidle on Feb 21, 2012 in IT, open source | 0 comments

It seems like every spring I end up getting a new laptop. This year, it was prompted by last year’s laptop, a HP having a temperature...

Posted by Mike Seidle on Jan 19, 2012 in open source | 0 comments

What do you think the phrase Open Source means? How often do you use Open Source software? All the time Once a day Once a wee

Next week, congress will vote on SOPA (House version) and PIPA (Senate version). Both SOPA and PIPA will break both the Internet and your...

In case you missed it, Google just launched the Chrome operating system. The reason Google created Chrome is surprising: Google believes...

Posted by Mike Seidle on Mar 29, 2011 in open source | 2 comments

I’ve been using OpenOffice for about five years now. Say what you will, OpenOffice does nearly everything that MS Office can do at a...

There’s been a lot of discussion of secrets this week. First, we have state secrets and WikiLeaks. Second, we have Theo de Raadt...