ecosystem

I took a photo of a vivid red and white mushroom, likely an Amanita muscaria, standing out clearly against the lush green moss-covered forest floor. The mushroom’s bright colors and distinctive pattern create a striking contrast with its natural surroundings. This and more photos can be downloaded for free and in full resolution on unsplash.com. View the photo here The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense. ...

Lionel Dricot reports in »How Github monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem« about his experiences with GitHub as a de facto monopolist in the open source ecosystem. Worst: as long as we are not locked out, we offer all our secrets to a country that could arbitrarily decide to attack yours and kidnap your president. I wonder how much Venezuelan sensitive information was in fact stored on Google/Microsoft services and accessed by the US military to prepare their recent strike. ...

That the DMA makes sense for opening up ecosystems is shown by the case of Paris Buttfield-Addison. Dr. Paris Buttfield-Addison writes in »20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple« for hey.paris: No Information: Support staff refused to tell me why the account was banned or provide specific details on the decision. No Escalation: When I begged for an escalation to Executive Customer Relations (ECR), noting that I would lose the ability to do my job and that my devices were useless, I was told that “an additional escalation won’t lead to a different outcome”. ...

GitHub has come out in favor of a Sovereign Tech Fund. Such a funding model is also used by the Sovereign Tech Agency. Felix Reda writes in »We need a European Sovereign Tech Fund« on github.blog: There is a profound mismatch between the importance of open source maintenance and the public attention it receives. The demand-side value of open source software to the global economy is estimated at $8.8 trillion, and the European Commission’s own research shows that OSS contributes a minimum of €65-95 billion to the EU economy annually. Basic open source technologies, such as libraries, programming languages, or software development tools, are used in all sectors of the economy, society, and public administrations. ...

You can’t trust the stars on GitHub — I just learned that. Like on other social networks, stars can be bought on GitHub. This creates the misleading impression that a piece of software is especially popular and trustworthy. Unfortunately, this tactic appears to be frequently used to spread malware. The Rise of Fake GitHub Stars: A Growing Security Threat for cyberinsider.com ...