free software: April 2014

Monday, April 28, 2014

5 lessons open education resources can learn from FOSS - opensource.com

5 lessons open education resources can learn from FOSS
opensource.com
While the OER community owes some of its genesis to the open source and free software movements, there are some aspects of how and why these movements work that I think are missing or need greater emphasis.

Friday, April 25, 2014

Tech giants give millions to support free software in wake of Heartbleed - USA TODAY

Financial Post

Tech giants give millions to support free software in wake of Heartbleed
USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO - A group of companies that reads like a who's who of technology are contributing $300,000 each to underwriting improvements to critical open source programs used by millions. It will be called The Core Infrastructure Initiative. The list ...
In wake of Heartbleed, tech companies commit millions to critical open-source ...Washington Post
Tech Giants Pony Up Cash To Help Prevent Another HeartbleedNPR (blog)
Cisco, Microsoft, VMware, and other tech giants unite behind critical open ...ZDNet

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

You Can Now Run Beta Versions Of Apple's OS X—For Free - ReadWrite

ReadWrite

You Can Now Run Beta Versions Of Apple's OS X—For Free
ReadWrite
(Testing new iPhone software still requires a separate developer account for another $99 a year.) Now, much the same way new OS X software is now totally free to download, it's also free to try out. All you need is an Apple ID to sign up. Of course, it ...
Apple inaugurates free OS X beta program for world+dogRegister
Apple Is Now Allowing Non-Developers To Test Its Beta Software For MacAppAdvice
Is Apple's Free OS X Beta A Sign Of Big Changes?CRN
Macworld UK -Computerworld (blog) -Digit
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