Category: 4. Society-at-large
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Digital Sovereignty for Germany?
Last week the German government published a commissioned study on how it depends on software and services vendors (local copy). The day after the publication, Cathrin Schaer of ZDnet called to ask for my thoughts on the study and digital sovereignty for Germany: Is it even possible? Cathrin’s resulting article picked up some of our…
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Position Statement on the Use of ML / KI Techniques in Software Engineering For the adesso Hochschulbeirat
I just submitted the following short position statement on how to work with ML / KI techniques in software engineering. This is a statement on using such techniques for the engineering of software, not in the software itself, which is a (not completely, but mostly) separate issue. ML / KI techniques can be use in…
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Interview on “Why Open Source is Good for Your Economy”
Sultan Qaboos University just published the interview I gave them about “why open source is good for your economy” in their university magazine. Read the original magazine issue (magazine copy, article copy) or my prior blog post. Finally, I have to say: Love the visuals 😉
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Translation (to German) of Interview on Open Source in the Public Sector
I recently was interviewed about open source in the public sector and blogged my answers here: Should the public sector use open source software? 1/4 Why did munich drop Linux and LibreOffice for Microsoft Windows and Office? 2/4 Should the public sector consider open source only for new purchases? 3/4 Shouldn’t a public government stay…
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Why Open Source is Good for Your Economy (FOSSC19 Recap)
It is no secret that software is everywhere. No traditional product has remained untouched, whether the product is being produced using software or whether software is an integral part of it. As part of this wave of digitization, established vendors from outside the software industry need to avoid that someone else will reap all the…
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The Argument For a Moral Machine in Autonomous Driving
I have a strong aversion against letting people drag their feet from being responsible for their actions. I feel particularly strongly about this when delegating work to machines, which are not able to act using an appropriate moral value system. Starting a car and letting an autonomous driving unit take over is one such example:…