I'm hosting a session at the XP2006 conference and here's the material for that session. Also, the title should probably talk about Dispersed, not distributed, since that's what we're doing (not just …
Getting Java plugin to Mozilla/Firefox on Debian
I needed to get the Java plugin to work with Mozilla Firefox on yet another Debian workstation. Here's the (currently updated) instructions: Get the latest Java Linux self-extracting file (not the …
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On evolution of life and IT businesses
Every now and then these strange connections between seemingly unrelated topics happen. This time it happened yesterday when I was at a Mobile seminar organized by Hetky, and one of the presenters …
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Making money with open source
I had a conversation with a new media student, and was surprised to hear that the curriculum of the Medialab of the University of Art and Design of Helsinki does not include anything about business …
OpenOffice.org 2 is the cheap, legal, and open alternative to MS Office
I've been using OpenOffice.org 2 for a few months now, and before that, Openoffice.org 1.x for years. Before that, I've used MS Office, StarOffice, IBM Works, WordPerfect, etc. At why.openoffice.org …
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United Nations recommends Open Source
Well, nothing momentuous here, I think. Just common sense. A UN inspector has recommended the use of open source software for developing countries, which is of course already happening. Brazil, Peru …
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