Category: 4. Society-at-large
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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:…
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The Argument Against a Moral Machine in Autonomous Driving
Ever since autonomous driving became a hot topic, I’ve tried to sell to our automotive industry partners the idea of a project to build a moral machine in autonomous driving. My definition of a moral machine (there are others) is:
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Why Open Source is Good for Your Economy
Today, at FOSSC 2019 in Muscat, Oman, I gave a talk about the benefits of sponsoring open source software development to about anyone who isn’t the software vendor whose product is getting replaced by that open source software. These are the slides. I will be repeating the same message at the German Forschungsgipfel in March.…