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OpenSolaris Q and A's harvested from my outbox
on Mar 18, 2007 in OpenSolaris governance how-to opensolaris portal-deployment This is not an FAQ -- official, unofficial, authorized, unauthorized, or any such. It's just some questions and answers about OpenSolaris project management that I've harvested from my outbox and cleaned up a bit. Q: Can you point m...
Wiki reqs; PHP PEAR; OpenSolaris governance (OGB)
on Apr 4, 2007 in OpenSolaris gnu governance opensolaris packaging pkgbuild portal-deployment porting wiki OpenSolaris Posts and DiscussionsLate March - Early April, 2007 Wiki requirements for comparison (priorities poll item #5) PHP PEAR (add-ons) Build Recipes (pkgbuild) PHP PEAR (add-ons) Build Recipes Meta-package (pkgbuild) Unease about...
L'état, c'est lui: Will Sarkozy be a Thatcher/Reagan or a Bush/Blair?
on May 6, 2007 in Britain France US Sarkozy governance leadership globalization The election of Nicolas Sarkozy as the next president of France yesterday had us thinking about the nature of leadership in the globalization age. His arrival on the scene marks a major break from the past for France: the Hungarian immigrant's son is...
A two-tier representation can reduce election expenses and corruption
on Jun 12, 2007 in call back political culture two tier india corruption Governance state funding criminalisation election expenses The elections to Parliament and State Legislatures are very expensive and it is a widely accepted fact that huge election expenditure is the root cause for corruption in India. A candidate has to spend lakhs of rupees to get elected and even if he ge...
Community freedom; LiveCD baselining; Nexenta achilles heel; teTeX/pmpkg
on Jun 14, 2007 in OpenSolaris belenix distros gnu governance nexenta opensolaris packaging pmpkg porting OpenSolaris Posts and DiscussionsJune 13th - 15th, 2007 OpenSolaris Community Destiny: 2nd-to-none in freedom and independence (thread root) Single-CD install package list: Learning from what others have done. (thread root) Nexen...