Will Orr (worrbase.com)

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My thoughts on Open Source

March 11, 2013 - 12:00am

Surprisingly enough, this post is not for my FOSS class.

Anyway, this article has been circulating around my network lately, and it led me to think about my stance on open source.

I love open source software, both writing it and using it.

Why?

First and foremost, I'm a student. Learning is quite literally my profession. And hopefully after I graduate in May, I'll continue to learn. I love technology because to be truly successful, you need to continue to learn throughout your career.  read more »

FOSS Class Introduction

March 7, 2013 - 1:00am

So, first, I royally messed this up when I first committed this blog entry, and wrote about 3 things I enjoyed doing, rather than writing about 3 Sugar activities. That post has been removed - largely out of embarrassment

That being said, here are my three favorite Sugar activities.

Wine

The first activity I find interesting is Wine. This isn't because I think the Wine project is particularly interesting by itself, but because I find it surprising that Wine has been "ported" to the OLPC as well as its reception.  read more »

FOSS Class Introduction

March 6, 2013 - 1:00am

It's my last quarter at RIT, and for some reason I decided to take a class called Humanitarian and Free and Open Source Software Development. I'm not entirely sure what the purpose of the class is (save for of course developing FOSS), but I'm excited for it nonetheless.

Anyway, for the class I need to write a bit of an introduction to myself on my blog, as well as talk about three activities that I enjoy.  read more »