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Run Your Own Twitter Clone: Status.net Launches Public Beta
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| StatusNet, the open-source microblogging
| service that serves as the foundation for
| identi.ca, just announced the launch of the
| public beta of its StatusNet Cloud Service.
| Thanks to this, you can now easily host
| your own Twitter-like community for your
| blog, club or company.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/host_your_own_twitter_clone_statusnet_launches_public_beta.php
Free Software is about Freedom
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| Cord Blomquist did a good post over at TLF
| about the USTR/open source software issue.
| It set off a lively debate in the comments
| that, I think, reflected a common
| misconception about what free software is
| and why itâs valuable.
|
| Before digging into that, I should be clear
| that I donât generally think itâs a good
| idea for government software procurement
| decisions to be dictated from the top down.
| Iâve had first-hand experience with working
| at the bottom of large IT hierarchies, and
| so I know itâs incredibly annoying to have
| distant bureaucrats constrain the tools
| youâre allows to use. I wouldnât endorse a
| proposal for the federal CTO to mandate
| that all federal agencies use free
| software.
|
| [...]
|
| The same point applies to software. The
| difference between Windows Server 2008 and
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux isnât just that
| one was produced by humorless suits in
| Redmond and the other was produced by dirty
| hippies in Raleigh. Itâs not even that one
| costs a lot of money and the other one is
| free. (Support costs will often dwarf
| licensing fees anyway).
|
| The key difference is that proprietary
| software comes with a lot of restrictions
| about how it may be usedârestrictions that
| donât apply to free software. Probably the
| most important freedom free software gives
| provides is the freedom to switch vendors.
| If a government agency chooses a
| proprietary software package, the agency is
| likely to find itself with serious lock-in
| problems down the road. Switching vendors
| will mean switching software platforms,
| which will involve large conversion and
| training costs. In contrast, if an agency
| chooses a free software-based solution, the
| lock-in problems will be less severe. The
| agency can easily bring in a new firm to
| provide support for the existing software.
| Or it may not need to hire outside
| contractors at allâthe internal IT staff
| may be capable of fully supporting the
| system internally.
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http://timothyblee.com/?p=2559
Recent:
Get the best Twitter app for Linux
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| If you thought microblogging using Twitter
| and Identica was as simple as tapping out 140
| characters once a day describing what kind of
| food you just ate, you'd be wrong. In fact,
| there's a huge amount of functionality to
| help you follow and be followed online, and
| if you're a Linux user you're spoiled for
| choice.
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http://www.tuxradar.com/content/get-best-twitter-app-linux
Post Twitter and Facebook status from the GNOME panel
http://www.ghacks.net/2010/03/06/post-twitter-and-facebook-status-from-the-gnome-panel/
13 Linux Twitter Applications Reviewed
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| Below sits a list of 13 twitter clients
| that are either native Linux apps or run
| extremely well on Linux. At the end of the
| post is a comparison chart to allow you to
| easily see which application has which
| feature so you can make an informed
| decision.
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http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/twitter-applications-for-linux-ubuntu.html
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