If the bucket is open source, so is the faucet

Guess what turned up in the reasons given by the the FCC for not requiring net neutrality for wireless: because Android is open-source! This indicates "meaningful recent moves toward openness." Though not the only reason given in the FCC's press release, conflating the appliance with the pipe does sound like a shibboleth regarding the Commission's willingness to understand the issues. [via Engadget]

If the bucket is open source, so is the faucet

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New book: Data Analysis with Open Source Tools

Collecting data is relatively easy, but turning raw information into something useful requires that you know how to extract precisely what you need. With this insightful book, intermediate to experienced programmers interested in data analysis will learn techniques for working with data in a business environment. You'll learn how to look at data to discover what it contains, how to capture those ideas in conceptual models, and then feed your understanding back into the organization through business plans, metrics dashboards, and other applications.

New book: Data Analysis with Open Source Tools

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