Monthly Archives: July 2009

Libreplanet, Android, Funambol, Symbian, Ubuntu, Gnome, Mozilla and more at OSCON

Posted on 29 July, 2009 by Stef

OSCON 2009 was as good as I thought it would be. This year there was no mobile specific track but lots of talks about cloud computing. I met very interesting people, attaching faces and voices to email addresses and identi.ca … Continue reading →

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Mobile Cloud Computing, Part II: Where do We go From Here?

Posted on 17 July, 2009 by Stef

Mobile cloud is going to be big, according to a study published by ABI research. And they’re not the only ones to say so. In this second part of my thoughts about mobile cloud — which I hope we can … Continue reading →

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The cost of monopoly in the cloud

Posted on 10 July, 2009 by Stef

Reading of the latest cyber attacks against South Korea and USA digital systems, I remembered a rather old post from Gen Kanai @Mozilla, the cost of a monoculture. It’s about monopoly, government decisions and security in the cloud. [South Korea] … Continue reading →

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Google plans to own you. More.

Posted on 9 July, 2009 by Stef

Finally Google revealed its plans to enter the operating system market. The first thing that comes to mind are chairs flying in Microsoft offices The other thing comes from this statement: “All Web-based applications will automatically work and new applications … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on mobile cloud computing

Posted on 7 July, 2009 by Stef

Mobile cloud computing represents an opportunity for the free/libre open source software movement that is just as big and radical as cloud computing, maybe even moreso. This is part 1 of a post about it, part 2 will follow shortly. … Continue reading →

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