Month April 2006

eZ systems Opposes Software Patents

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My dear colleague Zak Greant has written a nice article, where he leaves no doubt about what eZ systems thinks about software patents: well, we simply think they stink 🙂 Zak of course formulates this in a more eloquent way and he also provides some reasons why we don’t like them.

Software patents might be one of the biggest issues to gain more freedom, also in democratic societies. Let’s thus say with Martin Luther King: I have a dream, that one day I will live in a world without software patents, where true competition of ideas and innovation exists.

Yes, and I am proud to be in a company not afraid of clear statements.

BÃ¥rd Farstad got a Blog

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He is a slow hand when it comes to guitar playing and a fast hand when it comes to photo shooting: BÃ¥rd Farstad got a Weblog, named Papelipe. He is one of the co-founders of eZ systems and a true LAMP addict.

You wonder what the blog name means? He writes:

The name Papelipe was invented by my then 2 year old daughter which used it to name unknown things. It is unique and I found it suitable for my blog. At the time it was registered there were no mentions in Google for Papelipe.

Well, that says it all 🙂

BÃ¥rd currently writes about his findings while torturing the 6 servers cluster he uses for eZ publish performance testing.

Pictures of Istanbul

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In the realm of the 3rd steering committee meeting of the tOSSad EU project, I had the chance to visit Istanbul. While being there, I also attended and presented at the FOSS Days 2006, the bigest FOSS event in Turkey.

Let me share some pictures with you:

The hotel I stayed at is located in the Istiklal Avenue of Istanbul, the place with the most nice restaurants and pubs around. Oh yes, food is really good in Istanbul 🙂

Istanbul and the Bosporus at night.

The interior of the Sultan’s harem.

Always enter the Suleiman Mosque at the right side, because that’s the good side…

Interior of the Suleiman Mosque.

Hagia Sophia

The famous madonna of Hagia Sophia.