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ACTA Submission to Ministry of Economic Development
Here is the text of my submission to the Ministry of Economic Development: Excessive enforcement of “rights” will hinder innovation – PSAL believes that overly zealous enforcement of intellectual property “rights” could have a chilling effect on innovation. As a society, we will gain more if we let new technologies develop on a loose leash. [...]
Reducing Single Vendor Lock-in in NZ Health System
Single-vendor lock-in is great for the lucky vendors – but terrible for competition and consumers. So it is great to see fresh steps to develop a standard desktop based on open source software for a major District Health Board in New Zealand HealthAlliance restarts open-source desktop project. Let’s hope it’s for real this time. A [...]
Software patents protect innovation? I’ve a bridge for sale
The former President and CEO of Sun Microsystems, Jonathan Schwartz, has written an interesting piece on patent racketeering Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal. The comments are well worth a read as well. If you think software patents encourage innovation (overall) then I have a bridge to sell you. Software patents are not only wrong, [...]
Ubuntu heading into bright future
Ubuntu is undergoing a makeover and I am a big fan of what they are doing: See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Brand. I can’t wait for Lucid and what comes next.