An Authoritative Opinion on Libraries and Authoritative Opinions

I have been invited to give a talk to some librarians from the City University of New York (CUNY) on next Friday.’
I’m looking forward to the talk. Only one thing remains to be done. I need to prepare it.
But I’m not worried about that. I’ll use parts of some of my other presentations, and I’ll [...]

An Authoritative Opinion Comparing Security in Linux and Microsoft Windows

I spent a few hours at the nearby Yorktown (YKT) Research Lab a couple of days ago to make use of the high-speed (1GB/s) internet. It’s also pleasant to work in the YKT cafeteria, as there is a great view, nice wooden tables, the hum of conversation, and fresh coffee (which is also free on [...]

New Life Forms in the Open-Source Ecosystem: Redmonk, Mellon Foundation, And Some Newbies

This is the first of two posts about Redmonk. If you don’t know about Redmonk, then you don’t know all you should know about open-source, and you should visit their site to learn more about them.
I first dealt with one of the Remonkers in the summer of 2004. I was then part of IBM’s Software [...]