How the OLPC was Built
By relying on open source, of course. This April 26th, Jim Getty’s will be speaking (at MIT) on “How We Built the OLPC (the $100 laptop for 3rd worl...
Tag: Open Source
SXSW Day Four – Open Knowledge versus Controlled Knowledge
Day four for me started with “Open Knowledge vs. Controlled Knowledge” – as though it would be difficult to determine how a SXSW crowd might c...
Creating Rich Internet Applications on Open Source
Should you build your RIA application in Flash or Ajax? On an open source technology or with a proprietary vendor? At AjaxWorld this week, I was amazed at the n...
SXSW Day Three – Revisting Open Source Business Models
Monday morning started with a panel on “Revisiting Commercial Open Source Business Models.” It was moderated by Edward Cavazos (Fish & Richardso...
SXSW Day Two – Non-Developers and Open Source Acolytes: Why Should I Care?
One of my favorite panels of the whole SXSW experience was “Non-Developers to Open Source Acolytes: Why Should I Care?” It was moderated by Elisa Ca...