Advogato: Personal info for robla

robla is currently certified at Master level.

Name: Rob Lanphier
Member since: 2000-12-22 23:24:22
Last Login: 2008-07-22 07:13:07

Homepage: http://robla.net

Notes: Open source busybody for Linden Lab and dabbler in many other projects.

Projects

Lead Developer on svg2swf
Contributor on RTSP Proxy Kit
Lead Developer on condorcet.pl
Helper on SMILGen
Helper on Helix DNA Client

Articles Posted by robla

HTTP and MP3: The Only Streaming Media Standards That Matter 29 Oct 2001 at 05:29 UTC

Recent blog entries by robla

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19 Jul 2008 »

Brutal honesty in open source development

There’s a bit of a flamewar going on right now between the main PulseAudio developer, and another Linux desktop developer who grew frustrated by some very real problems caused directly and indirectly by it. PulseAudio is the latest of many savior technologies that promise to make audio on Linux not suck. I’m actually [...]

Syndicated 2008-07-19 09:10:09 from Roblag » Tech

18 Jul 2008 »

Software as hiring decision

This article in CIO Magazine touches on things that you should look for in choosing open source software: Project stability: Can you trust the project to be there when you need it? Project support: Can you get support when you need it? Internal software management: Does your company know what open-source programs it’s using? How it’s developing and [...]

Syndicated 2008-07-17 07:08:29 from Roblag » Tech

18 Jul 2008 »

A hard problem worth solving

Here’s a description of the organic open source panel at OSCON (which I’m participating in): “The OSI’s Open Source Definition attempts to set the minimum bar for a software license to be considered “open source”. However, there’s much more to a software project than just the license. Are software projects dominated by a [...]

Syndicated 2008-07-14 07:50:16 from Roblag » Tech

18 Jul 2008 »

Open source and a free tote bag

Matt Asay wrote a blog post “Cash, code, or free-riding in open source communities?“, which was a good post on a topic I’ve been thinking a lot about myself. He used the term “free-rider” which caused a well documented uproar. I’m saddened by the sense of entitlement inherent in the uproar. What’s wrong with [...]

Syndicated 2008-05-16 06:02:41 from Roblag » Tech

18 Jul 2008 »

Is OpenSolaris an elitist?

Dave Neary has a great blog post about Sun trying to do the right thing. It was refreshing to read this, and quite insightful. I’ve been watching the naming debate with some interest, if for no other reason than this is a conversation I’m quite interested in pushing my view in, and it [...]

Syndicated 2008-04-29 06:37:30 from Roblag » Tech

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