Four Freedoms of Open Source Open Source software is built on the foundation of four essential freedoms, which ensure that users have control over the software they use. These freedoms are crucial for fostering innovation, collab... Jan 2, 2025 0 12704 Our blog posts
Why is an international open source hackathon important for you? On 21 and 22 February, OS-SCi is organizing an international Hackathon, together with partner Universities and Open Source partners. On one or both days, international teams from around the world are ... Dec 28, 2024 0 6006 Our blog posts
Replacing the Entire Adobe software Stack While we feel you should replace all the Adobe software, for open source based on philosophy, because you hate it, they steal your data and take away your freedom, we understand it also can be financi... Dec 26, 2024 0 12588 Our blog posts
Education as an Institute Background Education has become an institution with its own norms and rules, its own internal qualification measurements and its own way of external comparing with the other education institutions. By... Dec 19, 2024 0 5564 Our blog posts
A FOSS software stack for private persons and small businesses In this blog we want to give you an example from a software stack for private users and small companies to solely use free and open source software. Yes a complete working environment without any prop... Dec 13, 2024 0 6917 Our blog posts
International Hackathon On 21 and 22 February, OS-SCi is organizing an international Hackathon, together with partner Universities and Open Source partners. On one or both days, international teams from around the world are ... Dec 5, 2024 0 10377 Our blog posts
Is the downfall of the East India Companies a History Lesson for Big Tech? Introduction The British East India Company (EIC) and the Dutch Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) were two of the most powerful corporations in history, dominating global trade and commerce for... Nov 28, 2024 0 4796 Our blog posts
Open Source communities and communication With #foss, #floss or #opensource or how you want to call it, it's all about community. With communities, it's of course important to communicate with each other. Communities can communicate live or o... Nov 21, 2024 0 5681 Our blog posts
Unbiased Open News Not directly related to #foss #floss and Open Source, but surely related to the open source philosophy, is the discussion about Open News. In the past, present and future, for sure in combination with... Nov 14, 2024 0 4483 Our blog posts
Sovereignty by Open Source Since the dawn of the Internet, the globalization of the world has been going into an acceleration. The rise of Big Tech, mostly located in the USA conquered the world with its applications, data and ... Nov 7, 2024 0 4749 Our blog posts
My Personal Open Source #foss #floss Journey So let's start with the dirty facts, I was born in 1970, after the first moon landing. Some scientists believe that over 500 years people will mark December 7, 1972, as the beginning of the second Mid... Oct 31, 2024 0 4129 Our blog posts
The Software wars, fight for freedom When you delve into the literature on Free / Libre Open Source Software #foss #floss, you will learn that, in the beginning, all software was free and open. We are mainly talking here about the time a... Oct 24, 2024 0 3640 Our blog posts