The truth at any cost lowers all other costs
A good primer on how hard it can be to create an end to end open source ecology.
Librem 5 phone hands-on—Open source phone shows the cost of being different
It’s not finished, but many of the basics for an open source smartphone are here.
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Intel and Softbank Beware. Open Source Is Coming to the Chip Business
What Are the Biggest Open Source Software Companies in the World?
PinePhone is a a LINUX open source smartphone capable of running Ubuntu touch and Sailfish OS.
Tip of the Hat to Steve Vervaecke.
Open source storage: driving intelligence in the small data sprawl era
Organisations are turning to open source storage solutions to gain value from the data they store. But, what has driven this trend?
Phi Beta Iota: The release was either written by a machine or by someone in Bangladesh or Pakistan not fluent in English. We are anticipating an international open source inventory in 2020 that goes far beyond software and hardware. See the graphic below.
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Open Source: Big Company Point of View
DarkCyber noted a quite good and meaty Slashdot write up called “CNBC Reports Open Source Software Has Essentially ‘Taken Over the World’”. What makes the information interesting is that a big media company reports that other big companies are definitely into open source software. The sources for the information include:
Read full post including what the media story missed.
Improved Access to Open Source Intelligence Urged
Congress should require the Director of National Intelligence to make open source intelligence more widely available, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission recommended in its latest annual report.
Last June, the former OpenSource.gov web portal was “decommissioned.” Its contents were transferred to classified or restricted networks that are mostly inaccessible to those outside the intelligence community.
Continue reading “Steven Aftergood: CIA Closes Down OSINT, Commission Objects”
Open Source Software: A Model For Transparent Organizational Communication
An Open Source Toolbox For Studying The Earth
Fully understanding the planet’s complex ecosystem takes data, and lots of it. Unfortunately, the ability to collect detailed environmental data on a large scale with any sort of accuracy has traditionally been something that only the government or well-funded institutions have been capable of. Building and deploying the sensors necessary to cover large areas or remote locations simply wasn’t something the individual could realistically do.
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What Country Is Number One in AI?
DarkCyber believes that one need only look at the demographics of computer scientist, engineering, and mathematics students in MA and PhD programs to get a sense of where technology innovation is heading.
The graphic below (Forbes), provides a clue:
Webiny announces $348K seed to build open-source serverless CMS
The content management system is the underlying software that manages a website. Some popular open-source examples include WordPress and Drupal.
Let’s Talk Open Source Trends (A 2020 Early Look)
There are two emerging trends to take note of now. First, there’s an increased importance around open source compliance and security due to specific industry regulatory changes and requirements.
The second emerging trend is there seems to be an increased level of sophistication in companies regarding both license compliance and risk management related to open source software use. However, developers are missing specific knowledge related to open source licenses and secure coding practices.
Huawei’s Harmony OS Will Compete Globally Within 2 Years, Founder Says
Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said his company’s much-hyped proprietary operating system would be able to compete with top rival systems within two years, according to a transcript of his Sept. 19 interview with Fortune magazine.
Huawei unveiled its home-grown HarmonyOS, also known as Hongmeng in China, in August in response to an American blacklisting that effectively bars the company from obtaining U.S. technology including Google’s Android releases. At the time, the company said Harmony would be a global OS that could be deployed on smartphones, wearable devices, laptops, and other gear.
