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Standards competition and globalization
I've been thinking a lot more about globalization and the important role standards have played in "version 3.0" of that process due to my reading of Friedman's book "The World is Flat." In a globalized world, standards are critical, as they are what keeps the digital highways that link all the corners of the Earth [...]
The strange journey of HD disc formats
THe battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray is firmly in the category of "old news." With the shift of Warner Brothers to the Blu-ray camp and the domino effect in terms of industry support that caused, Toshiba quickly decided to cease its backing of the format it developed and championed, an event that [...]
All-you-can-eat multithreading
Yesterday, I ran across an interesting report by Dan Warne regarding research work at Intel's Shanghai office. It had a number of notable nuggets, such as remote graphics rendering technology that receives wireless video signals from a pocket-sized PC (coming soon to an airline seat near you), or software to assist in data [...]
Invincible ignorance and the Pirates Bay
Some people are truly exasperating in the depths to which they will go to justify what is clearly wrong. To add insult to injury, their activities undermines the cause of real reformers who might help build a copyright system less tilted against consumers which recognizes that intellectual property is different, and should have reasonable limits [...]
The glide path to an open society
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Switzerland-based group responsible for Olympic event planning, has been putting pressure on China to open the Internet during the games in Beijing as part of host-nation commitment to media openness. As Ars Technica reported, the results have been decidedly mixed. Though Chinese Internet users have noted that access to [...]
Defending Java against Paul Murphy
Paul Murphy recently wrote a piece where he made the worst insult a Unix person can make about any technology used in Unix environments. He called Java "Windows on Unix." Next up, Paul Murphy will call Dallas residents New Yorkers in cowboy hats, and accuse Hillary Clinton of being a fan of William F. Buckley. But [...]

 

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IDA Open Source Migration Guidelines - From EUROPA Interchange of Data between Administrations, European Commission strategic initiative; practical, detailed recommendations ton migrate to Open Source Software office programs, calendaring, e-mail, others; developed with guidance from public sector IT experts of 9 nations; 418 pages; description, downloads.

BOS - Starting, in planning stage, with bootloader. Mix of DOS and Unix. Goals: modular, fast. Kernel is pmode, command line is rmode. Written in assembly (NASM), C, C++ (GCC). [Open Source, GNU]

Cefarix OS - New project, intended as stable, fast, secure, reliable, easy to use, 32-bit protected mode OS for x86 and later PowerPC systems, open source, many features, graphical user interface (GUI), to replace Microsoft Windows, all versions.

China to Invest in Linux-based Software - Government plans to put financial effort into Linux-based software; may rival Microsoft Windows in one of world's fastest-growing technology markets, official says. [CNN.com]
Meta Description: [ The Chinese government plans to throw its financial weight behind Linux-based computer systems that could rival Microsoft Corp's Windows in one of the world's fastest-growing technology markets, an official said on Wednesday. ]

404 Colelus - By Daybo Logic. Goals: make a programmers' OS, usable by all, not as complex as Unix, NT compatible, but stable and free. Now ended; but all code, tools, libraries are archived for free download. [Open Source]

Free Linux CD Project - Volunteers who send used Linux and other open source OS CDs to people who need them. Please contribute your CDs or get a Free CD.

404 Free Operating Systems - Short, annotated, alphabetically sorted list and links, part of larger system.

FreeOS.com - Resource Center for Free Operating Systems: articles, documentation, download sites, news, links, and anything related to all Free OSs.
Meta Description: [ FreeOS.com is the resource center for all free operating systems. Here you will find all the latest news regarding most of the free and open source operating systems. ]

GeckOS/A65 - Full-featured, preemptive multi-tasking/threading operating system for 6502. Implements some Unix-like features: signals, semaphores, relocatable fileformat, standard library, internet support via a type of simplified sockets, virtual consoles.
Meta Description: [ OS/A65 Version 2.0 ]

InfiniteOS - An open source OS for the Mac. No real GUI yet, it is more of a CLI.

Japanese Manufacturers Back Off Proprietary OSes - Japanese consumer electronics makers are backing away from efforts to move proprietary OSs into wider use, turning instead to open source OSs, mostly Linux. [EE Times]
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KOSH: Community Operating System and Hardware - A concept that has been around in one form or another for many years. Its root is the failure of single companies to address all the needs of all its customers, lack of interactivity, communications, feedback and involvement between producer and consumer, and lack of radical advancement and innovation due to fear of the producer in alienating its biggest customers.

404 legOS - Unofficial, free Lego OS: open-source embedded OS for LEGO Mindstorms (Lego bricks with brains). Compared to the standard software, it has far better performance and flexibility.

LittleOS - New operating system. Goal: to be stable and easy to use. Everyone can join. In Français and English. [Open Source]
Meta Description: [ Ces pages contiennent des informations a propos du système d'exploitation LittleOS ]

Managing the Complexity Curve - Short paper explains ease, costs to maintain system changes over time. Two models contrasted: closed vs. open source. For closed source, the more one knows, the harder it gets. For open source, the more one knows, the easier it gets.

Report: Japan, Korea, China to Break Windows Ties - Plans for governments and private sector firms of China, Japan, South Korea, to jointly work together to develop new OS to rival Microsoft Windows to be unveiled later this week, according to 2 Japanese newspaper reports. [InfoWorld]
Meta Description: [ TOKYO -- Plans for the governments and private sector companies of Japan, South Korea, and China to jointly work together on the development of a new operating system to rival Microsoft Corp.'s Windows will be unveiled later this week, according to two Japanese newspaper reports. ]

STORM - New free French OS with source!

WebRing: Free Operating Systems - Several sites offering free OSs.
Meta Description: [ Free operating systems on the Internet, right from their authors. ]