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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 25 Mar 2015

      Sick and tired of people using “open” for closed/proprietary systems. When you hear “open”, ask questions. It might just mean “closed”.

      1 reply 7 retweets 6 likes
    2. Andrew Woods‏ @awoods 25 Mar 2015
      Replying to @aral

      @aral agreed. To me open means - able to see and change the source

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. OpenSensors‏ @OpenSensorsIO 25 Mar 2015
      Replying to @awoods

      @awoods I linked to our core source yesterday but @aral chose to ignore it as its not a convenient narrative. Also Open == open data.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Mar 2015
      Replying to @OpenSensorsIO

      @OpenSensorsIO Can I seamlessly export my data from opensensors.io and use “core source” w/out any loss of functionality? +@awoods

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    5. OpenSensors‏ @OpenSensorsIO 26 Mar 2015
      Replying to @aral

      @aral @awoods please give me an example of an OSS project that this is possible. Not indie because its in private alpha

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Mar 2015
      Replying to @OpenSensorsIO

      Dear @OpenSensorsIO, you are not “open”, you’re proprietary/closed. Here’s an actual FOSS IoT platform: http://www.zettajs.org  FYI, @ODIHQ

      2 replies 6 retweets 11 likes
    7. OpenSensors‏ @OpenSensorsIO 26 Mar 2015
      Replying to @aral

      @aral am going to keep linking to azondi until you choose to hear me :) https://github.com/OpenSensorsIO/azondi … and yes Open data also equals Open

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    8. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Mar 2015
      Replying to @OpenSensorsIO

      @OpenSensorsIO Can I go from using opensensors.io to Azondi seamlessly? That’s the core of the issue.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. OpenSensors‏ @OpenSensorsIO 26 Mar 2015
      Replying to @aral

      @aral the core issue is agreeing the definition of open. https://okfn.org/opendata/ 

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 26 Mar 2015
      Replying to @OpenSensorsIO

      .@OpenSensorsIO Is my data locked in your proprietary service? If Google buys you, can I export and keep using via FOSS. No? Not open.

      1:11 AM - 26 Mar 2015
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        2. A Stranger‏ @biomodule 26 Mar 2015
          Replying to @aral

          @aral @OpenSensorsIO Thanks for sharing, Aral. I know what IoT medium NOT to build my academic project on now!

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. OpenSensors‏ @OpenSensorsIO 26 Mar 2015
          Replying to @biomodule

          @biomodule sorry it doesn't work for you, you are welcome to use azondi our OSS core to run your project https://github.com/OpenSensorsIO/azondi … cc @aral

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. A Stranger‏ @biomodule 26 Mar 2015
          Replying to @OpenSensorsIO

          @OpenSensorsIO @aral Shouldn't your company leader(s) know better than being in bed w/ these data miners? It's 2015.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. OpenSensors‏ @OpenSensorsIO 26 Mar 2015
          Replying to @biomodule

          @biomodule @aral what data miners?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. A Stranger‏ @biomodule 26 Mar 2015
          Replying to @OpenSensorsIO

          @OpenSensorsIO @aral Google. Their business model is for users to be treated as mines w/ all data being nuggets (w/ arbitrary value ranges)

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. OpenSensors‏ @OpenSensorsIO 26 Mar 2015
          Replying to @biomodule

          @biomodule @aral have you read the definition of open data? It's the opposite of google's business https://okfn.org/opendata/ 

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        8. A Stranger‏ @biomodule 26 Mar 2015
          Replying to @OpenSensorsIO

          @OpenSensorsIO That idea of open internet is full of fallacies and cheesy af. I want an internet to pay me for my data, else I keep my data.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        9. A Stranger‏ @biomodule 26 Mar 2015
          Replying to @biomodule

          @OpenSensorsIO Is it so hard to imagine that companies and gov't agencies should pay citizens for their future data value? And not just spy

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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