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The Penguin That Roared

The Penguin That Roared

By Bruce van der Kooij on January 11, 2010

This entertaining illustration accompanied the 1998 San Francisco Chronicle article The Penguin That Roared by David Einstein. This was the same year the term “open source” was introduced by Bruce Perens et al (Eric Raymond). Note the incorrect usage of the term “freeware”.

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Doacracy over democracy. Actions matter more than opinions.

By Bruce van der Kooij on October 29, 2009

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Human knowledge belongs to the world!

Human knowledge belongs to the world!

By Bruce van der Kooij on June 10, 2009

I was talking with Mike Trausch yesterday (among other things he’s the developer of AllTray) and during the conversation we started talking about tech movies. I mentioned the excellent Pirates of Sillicon Valley and Mike in turn said his personal favorite was Antitrust. I hadn’t seen Antitrust before and after watching it I have [...]

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