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Release Early, Release Often, Adopt Slowly

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 12/30/2009
Things move pretty fast in the open source development world. A new kernel release comes out around every three months. Projects like GNOME, KDE, and PostgreSQL pop out releases every six months, as well as some major Linux distros. Open source development moves at a rapid and relentless pace. It's refreshing, then, to see an [...]
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Chrome OS is Here: Some Assembly Required

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/24/2009
Google finally unveiled its Chrome OS last Thursday in one of the most widely covered announcements since Apple released something iPod-ish. Eager users are able to get their hands on the source but like a kid on Christmas, those toys need quite a bit of assembly before they'll be any fun at all. The disappointment levels [...]
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Mozilla Picks Up the Drumbeat

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/24/2009
Yeah, the Mozilla folks just keep going. Like the Energizer Bunny of the Web, they're always up to something new. This time it's Drumbeat, a sort of umbrella project for various projects to create "tools that enable Internet users to understand, participate and take control of their own lives." The project has been bootstrapping itself [...]
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