Category Archives: Political Commentary

SFD Call to Action: Let the STEED run!

Posted on 20. September, 2013 by Georg Greve

Information Technology is a hype driven industry, a fact that has largely contributed to the current situation where the NSA and GCHQ have unprecedented access to the global communication and information. Including for a very Realpolitik based approach to how … Continue reading →

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Groklaw shutting down.

Posted on 20. August, 2013 by Georg Greve

Today is a sad day for the world of Information Technology and the cause of software freedom. PJ just announced she’ll be shutting down Groklaw. It’s hard to overestimate the role that Groklaw has played in the past years. Many … Continue reading →

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MyKolab.com: Building the Open Source Cloud service that was missing

Posted on 9. August, 2013 by Georg Greve

In January this year we started the MyKolab beta phase and last week we finally moved it to its production environment, just in time for the Swiss national day. This seemed oddly fitting since the Swiss national day celebrates its … Continue reading →

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Life post-PRISM: Politics and Power Struggles

Posted on 22. July, 2013 by Georg Greve

Following the disclosures about details on how the United States and other countries are monitoring the world there has been a global discussion about this subject that’s been long overdue. In previous articles I tried to put together what actually … Continue reading →

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Life post-PRISM: No More Business Secrets

Posted on 10. July, 2013 by Georg Greve

After a primer on the realities of today’s world, and the totalitarian tendencies that follow from this environment and our behaviour in it, let’s take a look at what this means for professional use of information technology. Firstly, it should … Continue reading →

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The Post-PRISM Society: Totalitarian Clouds

Posted on 3. July, 2013 by Georg Greve

After a somewhat brief overview over the world we find ourselves in, the question is what does this mean to us as a society? As highlighted in the previous article, governments have no realistic option not to engage in some … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Post-PRISM Society: A primer.

Posted on 1. July, 2013 by Georg Greve

Questions of privacy, security and control have occupied me for a long time, both personally and professionally. In fact it was a significant aspect of my decision to switch focus from the Free Software Foundation Europe to Kolab Systems: I … Continue reading →

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So what might Digital Sustainability be?

Posted on 15. November, 2011 by Georg Greve

There is a group of Swiss parliamentarians who are organized in a group for “Digital Sustainability” for which I’ve been asked to participate as part of an expert group that consists of  practitioners in a variety of fields, including Free Software … Continue reading →

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OFE Summit 2011: Creating an Open climate for entrepreneurs in Europe

Posted on 9. October, 2011 by Georg Greve

During the 2011 OpenForum Europe Summit I had the pleasure and privilege to chair the session on “Creating an Open climate for entrepreneurs in Europe” and the videos of the opening presentations are now online on YouTube, and included below … Continue reading →

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Freedom in the “cloud”?

Posted on 30. July, 2011 by Georg Greve

It’s come to the point that I was asked to explain what I consider necessary prerequisites for an open, free, sustainable approach towards what is often called “The Cloud” or also “Software as a Service” (SaaS). To be honest, it … Continue reading →

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