Things I read last week… (WB 22 Aug 2022)

open source alternative

“ …I present a measurement I call “Time Till Open Source Alternative” (TTOSA) which represents how long a proprietary software lasted without a direct open source alternative. The average TTOSA for the cases I measured is 7 years…”

– Time till open source alternative.

Ethereum mainnet merge announcement.

How insects become airborne.

Why no Roman industrial revolution?

How many fossils to go an inch? [YouTube]