• OS X upgrade

    I upgraded OS X on my work computer to a new version. It required two system restarts and made the computer (with an SSD drive!) unusable for about half an hour. This is the so called “world’s most advanced desktop operating system”.

  • Smartphone user

    I can no longer ignore smartphones, for various reasons. So I bought one, an Android based Samsung phone. One of the reasons I’ve avoided smartphones so far is they run on non-free software. While the underlying operating system is mostly free, phone vendors are active in putting special restrictions on it. Samsung installs its own […]

  • Another battle with W3C lost

    Tim Berners-Lee has officially overridden the formal objection by EFF against inclusion of DRM support into official W3C standards. We were unable to make strong enough opposition and to find some solution. This is bad news for open Web and free software.