Christopher Leger

Lafayette, LA has done more to make its city competitive in the 21st century than almost every other city in the US. After years of legal battles, Lafayette has their telecommunications utility up and running. Because the utility has, as its core business model, the interest of its customer first, already outperformed, in both speed [...]

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Ars Technica alerted me to a very heartening story about a Harvard Law class defending a Boston University student against an RIAA filesharing lawsuit. These students are the future of the legal profession, and they themselves understand how technology can impact the law, regardless of the tactics the RIAA use in the future. The two [...]

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ISPs are the Three Stooges of the high tech world. They are more than willing to take money from over the top IP Rights Holders to police their networks, but they can’t seem to surpass the level of Slap Happy Sleuths. (Sorry! I couldn’t resist!)

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It has always been strange to me that mission-critical government systems were inextricably tied to to fortunes of major hardware and software vendors. It is clear that buying and implementing  open and compatible software and hardware gives the government as much flexibility as possible for future uses. Well, finally the DoD has realized what open [...]

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