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Not in my neighborhood: mikeeUSA removed from sourceforge

Posted on October 13, 2009 by What Will We Use Editor

TRIGGER WARNING: Victims of violence or sexual assault may want to stop reading. (I’ll try to be as mild as possible.) Today, Tuesday October 13, 2009 the character known as “mikeeUSA” has been removed from sourceforge.net as well as the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft starts an open source non-profit of their own

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Beth Lynn Eicher

Microsoft provided the desktop operating system for the first PC in my childhood middle-class American home. The year was 1992. This thing came with DOS 5.0 with Windows 3.0, no word processor, and a trial for a faux internet online … Continue reading →

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What will we use at “Ubuntu Open Week”

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Beth Lynn Eicher

I will be leading a discussion on the status of Microsoft’s market share at Ubuntu Open Week. Stay tuned and save the date: Friday November 6th. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek Be the first to like. Like Unlike

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The battle before the war

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Beth Lynn Eicher

There is just too much adversity in the open source community, and sadly sometimes it comes from within. There are two blogs going at it, “BoycottNovell” and “BoycottboycottNovell”… Lefty of BBN writes about those who are fighting for free and … Continue reading →

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September Browser report

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Beth Lynn Eicher

In September 2009, whatwillweuse.com had 869 unquie visitors. Firefox      1,537      58% Safari     419     16% Mozilla     274     10% Identification Blocked     143     5% Internet Explorer     115     4% Chrome     54     2% … Continue reading →

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Be the change in the world you seek.

Posted on October 4, 2009 by What Will We Use Editor

Now that the Ohio LinuxFest is over, there will be long awaited changes, stories, updates, content to this blog. Of course there will be an update on how things went at the Ohio LinuxFest. Please stay tuned. For now check … Continue reading →

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Open Source Should be Open to All

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Beth Lynn Eicher

As I mentioned on the tech show last night, an essay that Moose and I wrote was published on Rikki’s Roseblog on Linux Magazine. It is a call to end the elitism that continues to hold open source back. Nothing … Continue reading →

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One Gas Tank, One Weekend, One Community: All about Open Source

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Beth Lynn Eicher

The Ohio LinuxFest has received meager promotional attention from the audience that it serves: the Open Source community. Lately, the term “community” keeps getting thrown out there as a marketing ploy. People have become very skeptical in this day in … Continue reading →

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5 minutes = world of difference

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Beth Lynn Eicher

5 Alarm Fire — We need your support and votes — just a small amount of time! Please join us for a session on Internet Relay chat irc.oftc.net #ohiolinux at Sunday, September 13 at 8 PM EST. There will be … Continue reading →

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Hello to the folks from APCUG

Posted on September 8, 2009 by What Will We Use Editor

I attended a regional gathering of Association of PC User Groups in central Ohio. The Annual Meeting at the Ohio Midwest Regional was somewhat of a marketing event for Microsoft as the dinner keynote was a preview of Windows 7.  … Continue reading →

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