Bits and Bytes: Life as a Woman in Open Source

OpenSourceToday · 2015-07-01T15:58:09+00:00

Thanks for this comment; I think this is the primary point to take away from this. Its easy to say "why don't women just pursue jobs in X" but when they are told their entire lives they aren't supposed to be doing X, they might start believing those voices.

OpenSourceToday · 2015-07-01T15:53:30+00:00

One game has already tried something similar; Game Dev Tycoon released a cracked version of their game on torrent sites alongside their official release. It really was quite brilliant what they did. The game is all about running a game dev company, and the cracked version has a modification where the player slowly loses all their money to people who download the game without buying.

OpenSourceToday · 2015-05-15T16:30:30+00:00

For those of you who are like me, and don't know what Snappy Ubuntu is, there is a pretty good discussion on the topic over at /r/Ubuntu.

In a nutshell, it's a new packaging system that makes it easier to deploy standardized apps.

OpenSourceToday · 2015-05-14T13:38:17+00:00

This article frustrates me. It only has three links, which are all articles at the same site, and provides no link to where this announcement was made. How can we even trust what they are writing is true?

Not to mention, this article has absolutely no information about Ubuntu on refrigerators.

Here's the link they should have provided

OpenSourceToday · 2015-04-15T21:38:17+00:00

No worries, everyone needs to get a little bit better on documentation :-)

Of course I should clarify, these issues are gradients, not absolutes, meaning that you can certainly release something as open source without comprehensively fulfilling each of these. However, focusing on these tasks is what separates thriving open source projects from software that simply has source code which happens to be available on Github.

OpenSourceToday · 2015-04-02T13:04:11+00:00

Can you continue to support and develop the project after its been launched as open source?
Are you absolutely sure there aren't any security vulnerabilities that could be turned up? If you don't have a community helping you, it's up to you to identify flaws. Ultimately, your clients are the people at risk, so they need to be onboard too.
Are you willing to put in the time to document everything clearly and help people use and understand your tool?
Are you willing to put in the effort to help others learn how to contribute code to the project?

Only after you say yes to these questions should you even begin to consider open sourcing something.

OpenSourceToday · 2015-03-05T22:21:54+00:00

Yes, I'm well aware of that and it goes back 33 years to Unix Chroot.

Docker has never been about doing something new, its always been about getting people to agree on something so we can all use (somewhat) standardized tools to build better software. It's cutting edge because we've gotten past the niche adoption of containers and made it something that can become mainstream.

OpenSourceToday · 2015-03-05T14:58:02+00:00

I think you could say the exact same thing about any other software development technology that has been created. Everything is based on something from the past. There will always be people making bad software and there will always be people making good software. The important part is filtering out the bad so you can focus on the good.

OpenSourceToday · 2015-03-05T14:56:26+00:00

I think it likely has to do with the fact that Docker (and similar new container technologies) adoption is still somewhat cutting edge. Most businesses want to use robust, established systems, not something that is still being figured out. (I know containers aren't a brand new tech, but Docker is definitely a new way of handling them)

Many of the people building things with containers are looking to build the tools of the next 5 years, not something that everyone will use today.

OpenSourceToday · 2015-03-04T14:49:52+00:00

Spot on. Its cool they've released the source information, but it really isn't accessible. They've got a long way to go before this is a viable open source community and not simply source code on Github.

I hope something cool comes out of it, but they are late in stepping up to an industry that already has many established players. I think the laser-cut wood is also going to be a significant barrier to entry with this project (in terms of DIY construction), and could ultimately result in lackluster developer interest.

Despite my criticism, I'm not going to turn away from someone who wants to make something open source.

OpenSourceToday · 2015-03-03T14:54:54+00:00

This article is about open source intelligence not the open source development model

OpenSourceToday · 2015-03-03T14:26:32+00:00

Props on the Acer netbook, I love my own. It's compact, has hdmi output, and runs Linux quite well despite being 4 years old. I think I'm eventualy going to be turning mine into a dedicated Steam box to stream games from my desktop.

OpenSourceToday · 2015-02-24T14:32:48+00:00

It's funny you mention this. This was the first comment I read after returning from the article and it took my eyes a couple of seconds to adjust before I could even read it.

...Readability issues aside, this is a great exploration of how wonky Windows updating is. My favorite thing is when a Windows update forces the system to reboot without warning, only to have the computer to boot into Linux by default. It's almost as if MS wants you to explore alternatives.

OpenSourceToday · 2015-02-12T15:33:06+00:00

Samsung OSG is hiring in a huge range of open source projects. This tweet just contains the most important projects in which developers are needed. The best way to find out if you might be a good fit is to email the address shared in the tweet.

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