Are there any good ethical alternatives to Google Scholar?
I need to find literature on surveillance capitalism for my local socialist study circle, and it just feels wrong to have to use a Google product for this.
I've just stumbled on DarkStar, a Xerox Star emulator.
The GUIs we use today are a direct evolution of the work done on Xerox PARC in the 70's, resulting in the Alto and other Xerox computers that pioneered GUI on consumer products until Steve Jobs dropped by the lab for a visit.
The Star (1981) was more polished than the Alto and is definitely worth checking out!
β² @sophia@glitterkitten.co.uk: Speaking of masterpieces, I have been shown this on twitspace and feel many of you will appreciate the page layout genius on display (page of a book)
@diogo I understand your reasons, even I did last summer. But you ask for my opinion, ;) so mine it's that "at the tanks never came our people". :)
Also agree that GS needs more developers, but maybe first we need it's to unblock it. More than a year or two without maintenance nor development and seems it will not change. At the other side, more or less a year ago we were waiting for past GSoC hopping time to AP federation, but mostly time to start develop and maintenance again. One year later we are again waiting for GSoC. :)
I probably miss something and I don't know the reasons, but the fact it seems this project wants to be abandoned at first by GNU/FSF.
In the meantime, thanks again for your efforts! Please, keep helping GS in the way you consider.