TooMuchGreen

Open Source? Many people may have no idea what it means, to some it’s a descriptive tag for certain platforms of community developed free software, to others it’s “lab” computing for geeks, at the far end it’s a comprehensive lifestyle ethos and to a select Facebook few on the flip side of phonetics it’s a bottle of HP with the lid off waiting to be plopped onto their soggy fish & chips. What’s obvious is that the term “Open Source” applies to more than a single area or product, however there is a constant and if we dig down we’re going to end up somewhere around root “collaboration”.  Read more... (estimated reading time 2:06 mins)

This was going to be a single topic post to discuss the imminent release of Googles very own desktop (sorry – Netbook) operating system, the enhanced browser based  quick hit to be known as Google Chrome (OS). I was going to highlight the fact it’s built around a Linux kernel and how pleasing a plug for the open source community this will be to raise mass awareness for the mighty Penguin, after all, the weekend home user wandering round PC World may not have heard of Open Source, he may not have heard of Linux but I’ll bet my tattoos he’ll have heard of Google and if he knows nothing else about I.T other than what the big G feeds him then that’s more than enough, what’s good enough for Google is most certainly good enough for him, Google knows best, Google IS the internet, it’s given him free eMail and a calendar and is going to take over the world, it’s already photographed and mapped it for his convenience.  Read more... (estimated reading time 2:03 mins)

It’s incredibly reassuring and inspiring to come across like minds, especially when they’re based in ones home country (& county) and especially when they’re on such a professional level. I’ve recently linked up with Open Source For Business (OS4B) based in Leeds (West Yorkshire, UK) who are just this, and more, to quote…

“Open Source for Business (OS4B) is the exciting joint venture from Yorkshire Forward and nti Leeds, designed to help regional businesses make the most of open source technology to benefit from cost effective and flexible open source IT solutions”