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By Jessica Roy 8/20/12 8:16am

Writers of Disney Sitcom Fail to Understand Open Source

How about a little propaganda controversy for your Monday morning? A clip from the Disney kids’ sitcom Shake It Up is making the rounds on social news sites this morning, with some claiming that the writers of the show are purposefully spreading “fear, uncertainty and doubt” about the integrity of open source code. Scandal, you guys. Read More

By Ben Popper 9/23/11 11:46am

The Open Web

Fred Wilson: Don’t Store Your Personality on a Company’s Platform, Use the Open Web

“Don’t ever abdicate your personal presence on the web to some fucking company, put it on the open web,” Fred Wilson declared today at Smash Summit. Mr. Wilson was debating which platforms on the web are important to brands and marketers, but went on an amazing tangent about the danger of trusting a firm Read More

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