I’ve made and put online a transcript of the recent presentation by RMS about GPLv3: http://www.fsfeurope.org/projects/gplv3/torino-rms-transcript.en.html After making the previous one, I thought I wouldn’t do it again, but they seem more important now than I had realised. Quite a number of people sent thanking emails, which is nice, particularly those who speak English as Read more »
The audience responses to FOSS Means Business were really positive. Perens’ delivery was as good as I expected, and the content of his talk was better than I expected. I think everyone liked him. To me, Stallman’s talk did not seem well adapted to the business audience, but all the comments I got afterward were Read more »
We’ve got 210 people on the (non-mandatory) Attendees registration page, and we’re expecting far more when we open on Thursday. "All-island" is one of the buzzwords, so it’s fitting that this looks to be the biggest free software event ever organised anywhere on the island. How will be follow up after this? How do you Read more »
I work at least 70 hours per week and weekends are an important time for getting stuff done without the usual amount of phone calls and emails, so I felt pretty inconvenienced when someone locked the office door on Friday evening and forgot to leave the key in the agreed place. I was returning from Read more »
Next Thursday, March 16th, in Belfast is the "FOSS Means Business" conference. The desire for a free software event came from industry associations in Northern Ireland. Their secondary focus is to encourage "all-island" commercial iniatives. That secondary focus is of great interest to the public sector in Northern Ireland. This event struck me as a Read more »