Monthly Archives: June 2008

Goodbye uncle Bill

Posted on 28 June, 2008 by Stef

As Bill Gates finally bows out of Microsoft to pursue his charity interests, BBC looks at some of the hits and misses of the software company he founded. BBC NEWS | Technology | The hits and misses of Microsoft Uncle … Continue reading →

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Moodle ripped off, should switch to Affero GPLv3

Posted on 24 June, 2008 by Stef

Roberto reports about the Lazio e-Citizen project chose Moodle to deliver courses to educate elderly citizens (age 60 and more) to use computers and Internet, but they don’t say that openly.’  I found it offensive, that AICA and all the … Continue reading →

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Back from Shanghai

Posted on 22 June, 2008 by Stef

I’m back from the ‘Doing business in China’ MBA classes at Shanghai Tongji University. The classes were very interesting and helped me get a better understanding of this huge country. Food was good and incredibly cheap, while the landscape in … Continue reading →

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Freedom and privacy in hosted applications

Posted on 5 June, 2008 by Stef

I’m not a big believer of hosted applications mainly because they fail to deliver the ‘run everywhere there is a connection to the internet’ promise. Nonetheless, I’m using hosted apps very often, especially for school papers where I have to … Continue reading →

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