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8 Free, Offbeat Open-source Social Tools
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| Identi.ca is the best-known open-source
| alternative to Twitter. The microblogging
| platform is used by lots of people in the open
| source community, and is a good choice for the
| business or organization that wants to
| customize an internal microblogging strategy.
| Laconica is also worth looking into.
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http://gigaom.com/2009/12/21/8-free-offbeat-open-source-social-tools/
Diversity in Free Software: South Asians as an example
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| Take a look at the Debian developer map again.
| You'll see that Debian is certainly not an
| Americans-only project, or even an English-
| speakers-only project. South America has a
| respectable dotting of developers, and
| Western- to Central-Europe are packed.
|
| I have strong feelings about Free Software. It
| emerges from an ethos of personal empowerment,
| and with open source it has become a dominant
| force in computing. Yet there are plenty of
| sharp people -- at least women and South
| Asians -- who, somehow, become culturally
| excluded from participating.
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http://www.asheesh.org/note/debian/indians.html
Recent:
StatusNet (Of Identi.ca Fame) Raises $875,000 To Become The WordPress Of Microblogging
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| Montreal-based StatusNet, the company behind
| the open-source microblogging service
| identi.ca, is closing an $875,000 seed round
| today. Investors include Montreal Startup,
| iNovia Capital, Fotolia co-founder Oleg
| Tscheltzoff, and Xavier Niel. The startup,
| which changed its name a few weeks ago from
| Control Yourself, raised a previous seed
| round of $150,000 from Montreal Startup in
| January, 2009.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/27/statusnet-of-identi-ca-fame-raises-875000-to-become-the-wordpress-of-microblogging/
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