bruce perens articles, videos, photos and opinions

Sort by Relevance | Date | Popularity
Perens: Linux could learn from Apple

Perens: Linux could learn from Apple

...the sympathy for users shown by companies such as Apple, according to Bruce Perens. Despite open software's popularity in some sectors of the community... Read more

18 January, 2012 by Stilgherrian

RealNetworks: Baby steps toward freedom

Bruce Perens: At last! Although the code being released does not include RealNetworks... Read more

30 July, 2002 by Bruce Perens

Perens pushes for open source domain parking

Open source advocate Bruce Perens has launched an initiative to discourage owners of undeveloped Web domains... Read more

18 April, 2006 by Graeme Wearden

OASIS patent policy lambasted

...and free-software advocates including Mitch Kapor, Lawrence Lessig, Tim O'Reilly, Bruce Perens, Eric Raymond, Lawrence Rosen, Doc Searls and Richard Stallman signed an... Read more

23 February, 2005 by Paul Festa

Microsoft joins Linux fear campaign

Bruce Perens: Is there an SCO-Microsoft connection behind a campaign to convince... Read more

20 May, 2003 by Bruce Perens

Perens: Avoid repeating Unix mistakes

...of the open-source community against the needs of the business world, Bruce Perens enjoys a unique vantage point. One of the leaders of the... Read more

5 December, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

Open-source advocate leaves HP

Open-source advocate Bruce Perens has left Hewlett-Packard, after spending two years at the computer... Read more

9 September, 2002 by Margaret Kane

Open-source guru backs off DVD hack speech

...who've backed down for fears of Hollywood reprisals, open-source guru Bruce Perens said he would not include details about how to circumvent DVD... Read more

29 July, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

Beware of wolves in agnostic's clothing

Being an open source proponent is more fun than ever. We're getting more publicity than Salman Rushdie after the price was put on his head. Like Rushdie's, our publicity stems from attempts to discredit us, efforts by Microsoft and its shills in our case. Read more

14 June, 2001 by Bruce Perens

Open source stirs up trouble for Novell

...in Salt Lake City, Utah, but with some help from his friend Bruce Perens he was determined to lodge his objections to Novell's controversial... Read more

21 March, 2007 by Colin Barker

Perens joins start-up SourceLabs

Open source start-up SourceLabs has hired software luminary Bruce Perens as vice president of developer relations and policy Read more

9 June, 2005 by Martin LaMonica

Disgruntled Linux firms organise own conference

...the schedule at the Desktop Linux Conference is a keynote address from Bruce Perens, an outspoken open-source advocate who was one of those to... Read more

5 September, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Web standards body finalises anti-patent policy

...foundation for another decade of technical innovation, economic growth and social advancement." Bruce Perens, a prominent patent foe and a participant in the W3C's... Read more

22 May, 2003 by Paul Festa

Advocates join to promote desktop Linux

...longer in the interest of Lycoris," the company said in a statement. Bruce Perens, an open-source advocate who withdrew from the conference, will lead... Read more

4 February, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

Perens takes on Internet standard body

...em -- in large numbers. That's the logic behind free-software advocate Bruce Perens' idea to pack the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a key... Read more

26 November, 2002 by Paul Festa

Get ZDNet UK's daily newsletter

Enter your email address to sign up

ZDNet UK Live

Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

3 hours ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
dede0202

Hello ALL USERS OF THE PIRATE BAY I WOULD PUT AN EXPLANATION ON PIRACY Story Idea ILLIGALE AND SHARING THOSE THAT NET Dissent NOT WELL BUT TO CA...

12 hours ago by dede0202 on The Pirate Bay infringes copyright, High Court decides
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

12 hours ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

18 hours ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Roberto_Store

Now On Sale, Unlocked iPhone 4S / Galaxy Note In Factory Box. Roberto-Techie(UK) ”Now on Sales” Smartphone, Android,Tablets,Gadget &...

22 hours ago by Roberto_Store on Samsung Galaxy S III lined up for sale
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

24 hours ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

1 day ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

1 day ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

2 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

2 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

2 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

2 days ago by songmaster on Software with everything
Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

2 days ago by Chris Wortman via Facebook on Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release
PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

2 days ago by PatrickG on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Leslie Satenstein

Mozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...

2 days ago by Leslie Satenstein via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
Andy Bolstridge

Much as I abhor Microsoft's licensing practices, this is almost certainly down to purchasing IT equipment via 3rd party consultants - you get the...

2 days ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jack Schofield

@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
craigsc

You guys have no idea what is going on at Autonomy. Autonomy could have been a much more profitable organization. The sales operations at Autonomy...

3 days ago by craigsc on HP cuts 27,000 staff as Autonomy chief Lynch leaves
Moley

How does this impact on dual or multi booting? Seems to me to more or less prohibit this, from Windows 8 anyway. Will Grub 2 recognise Windows 8,...

3 days ago by Moley on Windows 8 start-up speed forces USB boot workaround