whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Scrogues Converse: Open-space, Identity and the Missing Web
(Analysis/Analysis)

...s, a political analysis blog.  In this conversation Martin Bosworth and Gavin Chait discuss the nature of Open-source vs Open-standards and the way in which Web 2.0 is not so much re-inventing th...

2. The future of Newspapers, journalistic integrity and the battle for Google's soul
(Analysis/Analysis)

...of copyright and a "free culture" in which information travels about like water. He, and many in the open-source movement, have forgotten the duty that comes with exclusive rights; the respo...

3. One Laptop Per Child, now costing 75% more ...
(Analysis/Analysis)

...er.  It uses a television, a tape recorder and a command line.  Coding is straightforward.  The open-source nature of the XO has blinded many with the belief that this is somehow easy f...

4. The Jimmy Wales interview: Wikipedia and Lessons in Globalisation
(Analysis/Analysis)

... Western Cape's Digital Freedom Expo.  The university has invited a range of speakers from across the open-source movement to engage with it as UWC launches their new open-source software mov...

5. Lawrence Lessig, take note: Digital freedom still needs digital responsibility
(Analysis/Analysis)

...not just by companies but also by entire nations faced with the prospect of systematic change envisaged by the open-source technology movement. “With great power comes great responsibility,&rdqu...

6. Jimmy Wales, Digital Freedom South Africa: What would you ask him?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...f the Cape Argus where I am a business writer. My questions will focus on the long-term sustainability of the open-source movement and the ways in which it can be used by developing nations to leap a...

7. From Linux to Mozilla: donations mean that open-source isn't really free
(Analysis/Analysis)

...erty is relying on permanent donations and handouts." A world away, across Europe and America, lives the open-source movement; built on the premise that software and information should be free. ...