Jul
17
2009
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 all talk about at OSCON — I’ll try to find answers to this question: as [...]
Tags: community, free software, funambol, lock-in, locked devices, mobile cloud, open standard, oscon
May
19
2009
In a recent discussion with friends I realized that tivoization is a sub-optimal world to describe the problem that the Free Software community has with freedom being controlled by those that control the hardware. The word clearly targets one specific company, so the problem gets somewhat reduced in scope. The real issue is not limited [...]
Tags: cloud, community, funambol, gplv3, locked devices, mobile, mobile cloud