Daily Archives: December 11, 2010

Sweden

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Robert Pogson

When I was a boy, I had neighbours in Canada who were born in Sweden. I used a “Swede saw”, Swedish chainsaws and I met “richer” people who drove Volvos. Then there was Abba. I fell in love with Swedish … Continue reading →

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The Future of Java

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Robert Pogson

Oracle has wet its bed by driving out Apache Software Foundation. Free Software that is demonstrably not Free will not go anywhere but down. It is not clear what will be the future for Harmony but I expect ASF will … Continue reading →

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300K Installations of Android per Day

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Robert Pogson

That is an amazing number but it is still not enough. That other OS does about 1000K through their OEM and retail channels. This means that, although GNU/Linux is growing quite rapidly, that other OS is as well with the … Continue reading →

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