Volume 1, Issue 32
August 26, 2005

Schwartz on Open Source DRM

Jim DeLong was the first brave soul to challenge Sun's DReaM project, which was announced during a keynote speech from Sun COO Schwartz at the Aspen Summit. Despite being a bit miffed at the response he received from Schwartz, Jim acknowledges some value in their philosophy.

- Read Jim's blog (8/23/2005)

The More You Know

Patrick Ross is back from the Aspen Summit and has taken the IP reins from the vacationing Jim DeLong . Patrick shares what he's learned from the conference, demonstrates the joys of continuing education and offers his thoughts on men's hair styling.

- Read Patrick's blog (8/25/2005)

Linux (R)

Much to the open source community's surprise, Linus Torvalds has begun to assert his right to the Linux trademark while ensuring the OSS community that he has no intention of profiting from the move. Jim DeLong has a mantra he hopes the employees at the Linux Mark Institute will adopt.

- Read Jim's blog (8/19/2005)

Making the Community Reality-Based

Apparently crawling out from behind their public relations teams, tech industry executives are increasingly are hopping on the blog bandwagon. Jim DeLong expresses his cynicism at the value of the corporate blog.

- Read Jim's blog (8/20/2005)

Outside Views of the Summit

PFF staff members weren't the only ones blogging from the Aspen Summit. Patrick Ross discovers an entertaining outside perspective on the conference.

- Read Patrick's blog (8/25/2005)