In the past, open source Java projects were largely independently distributed, often with nothing more than a sourceforge site. In the past few years branded collections of projects have emerged. The best known is the Jakarta collection at Apache. Some others are http://opensymphony.com, http://codehaus.org, and http://opensource.thoughtworks.com . The new thing emerging is commercial support and… Continue reading The changing face of open source distribution
Month: July 2005
Have you swikked yet?
For the past 5 months I have been talking to SourceLabs about open source. They are a promising startup offering support for commonly used open source. The research I have read consistently shows lack of support as the largest inhibitor of open source adoption. To make themselves known to the open source community, SourceLabs decided… Continue reading Have you swikked yet?
Digital Signing and Encryption of email on Linux and Mac OS X
Years ago I played with PGP – pretty good privacy, an open source crypto package from Phil Zimmerman. At the time, Phil copped a lot of heat from the NSA and others, concerned with the nefarious applications of crypto. I played around with signing my email and so on, but I upgraded my computer and… Continue reading Digital Signing and Encryption of email on Linux and Mac OS X