Tech Chords

I have a tough time explaining the merits of Free and Open Source software to desktop minions. They assume I am biased (which I am!). But my bias has a basis in truth. It's lost on them because despite spending hours in front of their Windows box, they've never actually used the operating system. Ever. Any ...

So you're fresh out of college with a degree in computer science. As you gleefully wait for that one phone call, you discover the computer isn't just what you were taught it'd be. It has metamorphosed into the pervasive social web. Standalone apps have made way for those that reside on the cloud. Data isn't centralized ...

The developers of OpenOffice have united under the banner of the Document Foundation to fork one of the crown jewels of open source software. An OpenOffice fork was imminent, ever since Oracle laid its hands on Sun. But the long-term advantages aren't worth the short-term confusion this project will create for the end user. For one, ...

Linux has been enterprise-ready for years. Finally, the enterprises are ready for it. And we have Google to thank for it. If you've followed the tech news off late, you know silicon valley giants have been on an acquisition spree of all things Linux. On the OS front, first Oracle took in Sun, and now it's ...

If there was life on the other side of the galaxy, by now even they'd have heard that Android is Open Source and it runs on dozens of phones. But simply powering a smartphone with the crown jewel of Open Source software, doesn't make a phone an open phone. Remember Openmoko? Now there was a project ...