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Free and Open Source Software at the United Nations Publish Date: Jul. 20, 2006
Advances in technology have revolutionized the way people live, but the digital divide keeps vital technology out of third-world countries. As part of a series of initiatives to end global poverty by 2015, the United Nations is using, promoting, and creating free and open source software. David Boswell gives an overview of the plans and progress.
The Software of Space Exploration Publish Date: Mar. 30, 2006
Free software advocates often appeal to the open discovery, disclosure, and discussion practices of modern science as justification for sharing information. As software becomes more valuable for scientific research, free and open source software continue to grow in popularity. David Boswell looks at some of the software used in space exploration and usable by armchair scientists.
How to Build a Nonprofit for Your Community Publish Date: Apr. 28, 2005
As the open source movement matures, the organizations that support it are growing up, too. Many open source projects have already created nonprofit organizations that support their communities, while other projects
are considering ways to establish nonprofits. David Boswell details how mozdev.org built a nonprofit organization and shows you how to do the same for your
community. He covers fundraising, obtaining legal advice, staffing, and more.
The Future of Mozilla Application Development Publish Date: Jun. 27, 2003
Recently, mozilla.org announced a major update to its development roadmap. Some of the changes in the new document represent a fundamental shift in the direction and goals of the Mozilla community. In this article, David Boswell and Brian King analyze the new roadmap, and demonstrate how to convert an existing XPFE-based application into an application that uses the new XUL toolkit. David and Brian are the authors of O'Reilly's Creating Applications with Mozilla .
Mozdev.org Made Easy Publish Date: Oct. 25, 2002
Now that mozilla.org is about to release Mozilla 1.2 and Netscape has come out with the latest version of their own Mozilla-based browser, Netscape 7 , this is a great time to see what other people are building with Mozilla's cross-platform development framework. Here's a little history about, and a roadmap to, mozdev.org.
Let One Hundred Browsers Bloom Publish Date: Sep. 12, 2002
In this article, David Boswell, coauthor of Creating Applications with
Mozilla surveys some of the more interesting, and useful, Mozilla-based browsers available now.
Building A Game In Mozilla: Part Two Publish Date: Aug. 4, 2000
If you have a recent Mozilla build, you can download the current version of Pagman, then read what challenges our authors face next as they endeavor to build a true cross-platform game.
Building a Game in Mozilla Publish Date: Jun. 30, 2000
Mozilla offers a new choice in application development -- one that's open source and in full compliance with current Internet standards. To prove it, we're going to write an arcade game in Mozilla code.
Mozilla as an Application Virtual Machine Publish Date: May. 19, 2000
Can Mozilla fulfill the promise of "write once, publish on all platforms"? David Boswell believes it might.
