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Posted: April 26th, 2008, 10:00pm PDT
- Total growth of open source
  research shows the code base is growing exponentially
- Global Open Source Trends and Public Inititiatives
  march in san-francisco: panel with dirk riehle
- iGoogle + OpenSocial = Social Network?
  iGoogle, Google’s personalized homepage is on its way to becoming a of social network thanks to their just announced adoption of the OpenSocial API.
- Harry Potter and the magic of Open Source
  on voluntary translation communities ...
- Hacker Space Fest - France
  Many questions will be debated during the first Hacker Space Fest from the 16th to the 22nd June 2008 near Paris, in the industrial outskirts of Vitry-sur-Seine.
- Hacker Space Fest wiki
Open Festival: Let’s the audience determine the details of a music festival in Scotland

Posted: April 26th, 2008, 1:38am PDT by James Burke

“Last week Tennent’s Lager launched Tennent’s Mutual, a new music venture that will ultimately result in a live music festival this fall, in which fans select artists, debate locations for gigs and call the shots on ticket prices. To kick off the effort, Tennent’s created a start-up fund of GBP 150,000. Fans who sign up before June 30th will be given founder member status and the right to vote on the “who, what, why, where?” of all decisions as to how that start-up money is invested. Counsel will be provided by the Rolling Stones’ Andrew Loog Oldham, Babyshambles’ Drew McConnell, journalist and broadcaster Keith Cameron, former Scots chart-topper Ken McCluskey and local musicians Stewart Henderson of Chemikal Underground and Johnny Lynch of The Fence Collective. Tennent’s Mutual is a not-for-profit enterprise, and no booking fees will be charged for shows. Ticket income, meanwhile, will be ploughed back into the central fund, creating a self-generating amount that will grow and continue to create yet more live events.

Chemikal Underground’s Stewart Henderson puts it nicely: “Generally speaking music has gone digital and you can’t put the genie back in the bottle. This is a total watershed time that we’re living in at the moment. It will change things completely—irreversibly. What Tennent’s has done is they’ve effectively set themselves up as patrons. It’s a positive thing as it allows things to happen that may not have otherwise.”

As fans and customers claim increasing control in the music industry and beyond, it’s a smart brand that will jump to the forefront with funds and a supporting model. Imagine the transformation in Microsoft’s image if it ponied up the funds and let users decide how they were spent! It’s just a matter of time before this comes to other countries and other industries; who else will stand up and be an early leader?”

I remember drinking Tennants beer as a young lad in the UK and especially remember Tennant’s Extra. It tasted disgusting and was a high alcohol percentage, which i think only drunks would choose. Random association complete;)

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