The Flicker Blog and Podcast » Opensource http://www.flickertracks.com/blog Subscribing to the podcast will keep you up to date with all of the new Flicker material as it gets released. The blog itself will contain all manner of things about music and user-experience design. Wed, 04 May 2011 13:00:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2006-2007 paul@flickertracks.com (Flicker) paul@flickertracks.com (Flicker) Music 1440 http://www.flickertracks.com/blog/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg The Flicker Blog and Podcast http://www.flickertracks.com/blog 144 144 The Flicker podcast - Hear all of the new material from Flicker as soon as it gets released. Hear all of the latest releases from Flicker as soon as they become available. flicker, house, gareth, cole, paul, crowley, Flicker Flicker paul@flickertracks.com no no Ian's off to Backstage http://www.flickertracks.com/blog/archives/2006/08/25/ians-off-to-backstage/ http://www.flickertracks.com/blog/archives/2006/08/25/ians-off-to-backstage/#comments Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:15:31 +0000 Paul http://www.flickertracks.com/blog/archives/2006/08/25/ians-off-to-backstage/ Now that he's gone public himself, I’m free to comment on how pleased I am for Ian Forrester, friend and ex-work colleague, who’s just accepted the Senior Producer role at backstage.bbc.co.uk.

I heard the news a couple of days ago, and I am certain that his knowledge, enthusiasm and commitment to the UK Developer ‘scene’ will quickly make an impact – and be hugely appreciated by the community of developers out there. Well done Ian!

]]> http://www.flickertracks.com/blog/archives/2006/08/25/ians-off-to-backstage/feed/ 1 Random thought on the inherent security/stability (or lackof) in Open Source Software http://www.flickertracks.com/blog/archives/2006/07/21/random-thought-on-the-inherent-securitystability-or-lackof-in-open-source-software/ http://www.flickertracks.com/blog/archives/2006/07/21/random-thought-on-the-inherent-securitystability-or-lackof-in-open-source-software/#comments Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:38:09 +0000 Paul http://www.flickertracks.com/blog/archives/2006/07/21/random-thought-on-the-inherent-securitystability-or-lackof-in-open-source-software/ Whilst listening to the presentation mentioned in my last post, a brief mention of the development of software for the new Airbus A380 plane caused me to wonder:
Whilst travelling on a plane, which scenario would make you feel most secure?
1. The software on the plane was developed entirely by the Open Source Community.
2. The software on the plane was developed by a private company.
Discuss…

My first thought – open source software ends up being safer and more secure because those who discover/experience flaws get to fix them. Obviously, a software failure on a plane has far more devastating consequences. That said, opening up the software to the community for scrutiny may be a very effective model for eliminating or discovering bugs.

Actually… pondering the importance of software on a plane is in itself, not terribly reassuring.

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