He writes an open source computing textbook and helps run 3Dami, a summer studio for aspiring 3D artists.
Advocates of open source computing regard the excessive use of software copyrights and patents by corporations like Microsoft as a restriction on the efficient exchange of ideas among programmers.
GridGain is a Java-based open source computing infrastructure released under LGPL license.
OpenStack is a six-year-old open source computing platform, originally conceived as a check to the growing power of Amazon cloud computing services.
It's definitely not a fully fledged computer – there are limited I/O options, obviously – but it's a cute little tool for those who want to do a little open source computing.
After 2001, however, the cost of bandwidth, processing power and storage dropped dramatically, and reliable open source computing stacks began to emerge, making it increasingly cheap and easy to launch web services.
No one stopped Linux from copying techniques and tricks used by Unix and, eventually, Windows, and the result is a deep and rich vein of open source computing prowess.
It's true that, by the standards of today's open-source computing world, Apple's platforms are still very much closed.
The new Linux consulting services will include building e-business environments, educating users about open-source computing, and designing Linux networks.
The couple champion the open-source computing movement, which is based on freely available, communally developed software instead of commercial products.
