by MichaelF on September 08, 2006
I am compiling a list and analysis of all the analogies and metaphors that have been used to characterize open source software development and its social, technical, and business implications. I think it is unlikely this will be the next DaVinci Code-style best seller, so I don’t expect to give up my day job...... more
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by MichaelF on August 24, 2006
Alfonso Fuggetta is a Professor of Software Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in Italy, CEO of CEFRIEL and Faculty Associate for the University of California, Irvine's Institute of Software Research. Among his many activities, Alfonso advises European Policy Makers on Information Technology Issues. ... more
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by MichaelF on August 16, 2006
I’ve been surrounded by people who want to study us like bugs—and they intend that as a compliment...... more
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by admin on July 17, 2006
Hank just blogged about critical thinking. If I had to state my own concise definition of what lies at the heart of critical thinking, it would be a personal commitment to finding the right solution to any problem, regardless of whether or not figuring it out and the subsequent implications are easy or comfortable (in practice, this usually means being the resident skeptic right at the point everyone... more
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by jcannon on July 14, 2006
Anandeep interviews Khaled El Emam, Professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Khaled's research looks very deeply at how bugs and software defects introduced in software development impact an organization after purchase and deployment. His assertion, the more bugs and issues in deployed software, the more downtime, support and maintenace costs are incurred post-purchase.... more
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by jcannon on July 03, 2006
We had to buy our own combination padlocks on our lockers in my high school. I used to forget the combination all the time (—I still have nightmares about that). I finally solved this by writing my combination in hex on the back of the lock. (I figured there was only one other kid in my class who would know what 0F was in base-10, so if anything was ever missing, I’d know where to look.)... more
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by admin on June 20, 2006
Not long after I blogged about “disambiguating open” as a research issue, a debate erupted on Slashdot about “How Open Does Open Source Need to Be?” Three different criteria for deciding whether something could legitimately call itself “open source” seemed to me to dominate the discussion...... more
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by admin on June 06, 2006
Disambiguate (transitive verb): to establish the true meaning of an expression, regulation, or ruling that is confusing or that could be interpreted in more than one way...... more
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by admin on May 25, 2006
Sam Ramji interviews Brendan Murphy to discuss his research on source code quality.... more
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by admin on April 21, 2006
In part 2 of "Inside the Open Source Software Lab", we discuss some of the lab’s other areas of focus and how that research is helping Microsoft better understand Open Source Software trends.... more
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by admin on March 31, 2006
Microsoft’s Open Source Software Lab is an ambitious research project. Located on the company’s main campus, the lab houses more than 300 servers, which collectively run more than 15 versions of UNIX and 50 Linux distributions. It boasts a... more
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