A few weeks ago I felt a little like a proud pappa, well maybe more like an uncle since I can’t claim to have been present for the conception. NetDirector, an open source configuration management tool that I helped get off the ground has finally been released under the GNU Public License making it a bona fide open source application (it was previously licensed under the NetDirector Public license — the Mozilla Public License with an attribution clause). NetDirector is a web-based Unix system administration tool that provides the ability to centrally manage services. The thing that’s makes NetDirector unique is it’s ability to simultaneously manage multiple servers at once from a graphical interface. In comparison to the very popular Webmin which can configure many different services and server attributes but maintains a one-to-one ratio.
I finally listened to Randy Pausch’s last lecture linked from Stephen Walli’s blog. It was so good I clapped at the end of the lecture alone in my office. Randy passed away last week from pancreatic cancer and this is his last speech. Randy was a brilliant man who was a professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University. That description doesn’t begin to do his life justice. So what the video.
John has a list of Pausch quotes from the lecture but they are so much better in context. I encourage everyone to watch the lecture. I only hope I can go out so gracefully.
One of my areas of interest is the taxonomy of management partly because I am fascinated about SEO but also because I spend a lot of time discussing systems management and like to use the “best” terminology for that conversation. It seems depending on your point of view you describe what you do in a different way. interesting to hear the taxonomy of management software. For example, Zenoss often talks about network monitoring and systems management. OpenNMS talks about themselves network management. John Willis talks about how he used to refer to everything connected to the network was called NMS. Tarus mentions that the term back in the dot-com days that they used the term ENMS (Enterprise Network Management System). I guess the language you use is informed by your background.
Open Source Integration
OpenNMS is doing a lot of cool things with integration among other projects. They are helping improve the Asterisk MIB, they integrate with both Concursive (a CRM/Ticketing system), and Hyperic an open source systems management application. I thought one of the funniest things is right after you hear a telephone ring Tarus shares his story about moving to Asterisk (an open source phone system). An Pavlovian response or coincidence?
If you are into systems management it’s a particularly good show and I highly recommend it.
Amazon.com: Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code: Van Lindberg: Books - from Amazon’s description: “Clear, correct, and deep, this is a welcome addition to discussions of law and computing for anyone — even lawyers!” — Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society If you work in information technology, intellectual property is central to your job — but dealing with the complexities of the legal system can be mind-boggling. [via Matt]
Walking With Elephants: Taking on a new challenge -Today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that the pilot program for PeerToPatent is being extended for a second year and that the areas of innovation it covers is being broadened to include e-commerce and business methods.
Adeona: A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops- Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go — there’s no need to rely on a single third party. What’s more, Adeona addresses a critical privacy goal different from existing commercial offerings. It is privacy-preserving. [via Savio]
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has finally been released under the GNU Public License making it a bona fide open source application (it was previously licensed under the NetDirector Public license — the Mozilla Public License with an attribution clause). NetDirector is a web-based Unix system administration tool that provides the ability to centrally manage services. The thing that’s makes NetDirector unique is it’s ability to simultaneously manage multiple servers at once from a graphical interface. In comparison to the very popular Webmin which can configure many different services and server attributes but maintains a one-to-one ratio.
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