Month: February 2005

On Security Brian Behlendorf thinks that computer systems are going to be understood in far more biological terms in the future. We talk about viruses and anti-viruses. How about vaccines? He points out that many viruses and worms are not harmful but they could be. In this way they are like vaccines, where an infectious… Continue reading OSDL Conference Key Thoughts: Linus Torvalds, Andrew Morton, Mitch Kapor, Brian Behlendorf

The first question on my mind about MSN’s new search engine is whether it provides an unbiased view of the Internet. Judge for yourself “java sucks” Google: 410,000 MSN: 846,373 “.net sucks” Google: 3,000,000 MSN: 245,041

I am attending the OSDL Linux Enterprise Summit in Burlingame, just south of San Francisco. Interestingly a good proportion of the attendees are corporte lawyers. The focus right now is on getting the law right to avoid future difficulties. Following are some highlights from day one. Open Source Licensing, Larry Rosen Used to be mainly… Continue reading Report from Day One of the OSDL Linux Enterprise Summit