Open Season – an MIS feature on open source in Australia
July 29, 2008
MIS magazine (Australia) has just published a feature I wrote for them on the uptake of open source software in Australia. A lot of the feature was based on research & interviews I undertook at Linux.conf.au earlier this year.
Vote with your dollars
April 28, 2008
I’m going over my notes from LCA 2008 as I write a feature on open source for MIS magazine, and this quote from Dirk Hohndel, Intel’s chief technologist for open source, still stands out to me:
“Next time you buy hardware, think very hard about a way that you can signal to the vendor that you don’t want Windows. The message gets passed on as soon as its loud enough.”
He was talking about desktop computers, but of course it’s equally applicable to servers and other hardware.
Bravo to the vendors who do offer alternative operating systems on their desktop PCs and laptops – including Dell, HP (later this year) and ASUS.
If you think this post is just a way for me to justify buying an Eee PC, shame on you. 
Lifehacker AU interview with Linus Torvalds
January 30, 2008
I’ve just published an interview I did with Linus Torvalds yesterday for Lifehacker Australia. He is here in Melbourne attending Linux.conf.au. I spoke to Linus about how he organises his workday and the tools he prefers to work with on the desktop. You can read it here: