Comments on: Links on a tired ol’ wednesday http://blog.elisehuard.be/2008/03/links-on-a-tired-ol-wednesday/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:37:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Elise http://blog.elisehuard.be/2008/03/links-on-a-tired-ol-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-853 Elise Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:53:15 +0000 http://blog.elisehuard.be/?p=337#comment-853 I tend to agree with you: open source has a lot of chance to thrive during recessions. DataNews is interesting if you know it's biaised, and can read between the lines. But yes, overall it's not a reliable source. Thanks :-) I tend to agree with you: open source has a lot of chance to thrive during recessions.
DataNews is interesting if you know it’s biaised, and can read between the lines. But yes, overall it’s not a reliable source.
Thanks :-)

]]> By: Matt Casters http://blog.elisehuard.be/2008/03/links-on-a-tired-ol-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-852 Matt Casters Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:29:22 +0000 http://blog.elisehuard.be/?p=337#comment-852 At OSCON in Brussels last year I told Mr Kindermans that I quit reading Data News because of the constant stream of paid for "articles". There's a limited to the number of times I want to read about how wonderful this new company or service is only to never hear about it ever again. I guess Open source projects (like the one I'm heading) typically have a little bit more integrity and don't play those games. My feeling, although I can't prove this of-course, is that principles such as integrity, honesty and openness are much more important in open source projects compared to their closed source variants. As such, IMHO, the real question is: will Data News survive the transition to open source? That is because I think that the general consensus is that a recession will create a driver TOWARDS open source, NOT away from it. Thanks for the link, love your blog :-) Matt P.S. I preferred to reply here and not over on Datanews as I don't want to give a Microsoft fanboy troll like Mr. Kindermans a forum. At OSCON in Brussels last year I told Mr Kindermans that I quit reading Data News because of the constant stream of paid for “articles”. There’s a limited to the number of times I want to read about how wonderful this new company or service is only to never hear about it ever again. I guess Open source projects (like the one I’m heading) typically have a little bit more integrity and don’t play those games. My feeling, although I can’t prove this of-course, is that principles such as integrity, honesty and openness are much more important in open source projects compared to their closed source variants. As such, IMHO, the real question is: will Data News survive the transition to open source? That is because I think that the general consensus is that a recession will create a driver TOWARDS open source, NOT away from it.

Thanks for the link, love your blog :-)
Matt

P.S. I preferred to reply here and not over on Datanews as I don’t want to give a Microsoft fanboy troll like Mr. Kindermans a forum.

]]> By: elise http://blog.elisehuard.be/2008/03/links-on-a-tired-ol-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-849 elise Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:26:01 +0000 http://blog.elisehuard.be/?p=337#comment-849 amen to that. I got lazy there. amen to that. I got lazy there.

]]> By: Philip Paeps http://blog.elisehuard.be/2008/03/links-on-a-tired-ol-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-848 Philip Paeps Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:22:17 +0000 http://blog.elisehuard.be/?p=337#comment-848 With regards to data safety (and privacy) I trust all these 'online services' not at all. An interesting read is Bruce Schneier's essay: http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2008/02/securitymatters_0221 I use rsync.net as a backup service - but I have the same data on tape and of course locally too. Online services are 'convenient', but they should by no means be allowed to become something you 'rely on' in order to function. With regards to data safety (and privacy) I trust all these ‘online services’ not at all.

An interesting read is Bruce Schneier’s essay: http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2008/02/securitymatters_0221

I use rsync.net as a backup service – but I have the same data on tape and of course locally too. Online services are ‘convenient’, but they should by no means be allowed to become something you ‘rely on’ in order to function.

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