One of the joys of working on open-source projects like OpenOffice.org is that there is a huge number of highly creative and passionate people from all over the world who ‘lurk’ on mailing lists. Then suddenly something catches people’s attention, and the whole community bursts into life – often in the most unexpected places. For [...]
A simple test for arsenic contamination and a simple method for removing it may save the lives of millions
Carry your own personal computing environment round on a USB stick – wow.
Further thoughts on the Novell / Microsoft pact
Looking back on my long (if not illustrious) career in IT, I am amazed at the number of alliances, co-operation agreements, joint ventures, etc. etc. which have taken place between players in the industry. Like other celebrity weddings, the more unlikely the bedfellows, the bigger the news. And unfortunately also like real celebrity weddings, an [...]
