Comments for Karsten on Free Software

Comment on Why I love Free Software by Alexander Kahl

Alexander Kahl — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:42:01 +0000

A lovely post, thank you Karsten! Oh, and consider upgrading your Free Software bot protection

Comment on Why YaCy isn’t a “Google killer” by Eric

Eric — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 08:06:35 +0000

^^^^
You need some distributed SPAM terminator….

Comment on Why YaCy isn’t a “Google killer” by Karsten

Karsten — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:43:27 +0000

@Marcus: I agree with Bernhard. We want companies to find ways of making money that respect and expand our freedom.

I mentioned Google here because some writers had pitched YaCy as a “Google killer”, which it clearly isn’t. A constructive suggestion seemed like a good way to make that point.

Comment on Why YaCy isn’t a “Google killer” by Bernhard Reiter

Bernhard Reiter — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:21:36 +0000

@Marcus: The FSFE invites all companies to use more Free Software and to transform their business model into one that respects users’ needs.

Comment on Why YaCy isn’t a “Google killer” by Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:36:32 +0000

“Google. Instead, I’d be happy to see the company put its massive number of engineers to work on distributed systems, and its strategy folks to figure out how to make money from this next great wave, while giving power and freedom to the users.”

Huh, are you lately becoming a google fanboy?

Comment on The European Commission’s locked-in syndrome by Gergely Máté

Gergely Máté — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:42:45 +0000

If this matter is about “office automation”, than The Document Foundation definitely copes with the EU way of doing things: many companies and vendors supporting a single, public and safe office software product.

It is true that in the case of operating systems designed for general office usage there is no such widely accepted alternative currently. Taking a look at market shares by OS shows this clearly. So “upgrading” to Windows 7 is a reasonable step from the EC. (I approve the term “upgrading” as the single difference in features between Windows 98 and 7 is in user management, and there are no other differences, the products are quite the same. Nothing more changed.)

However, there is not any reason that could support any choice made in favour of MS Office against LibreOffice any more. Politically, economically and even technically The Document Foundation provides the only reasonable office product. I think it’s very important to emphasize this. LibreOffice is the definite way to go for any European governmental organization (and company). It is so clear that LibreOffice is the choice in conformance with European values that any choice made against it is a clear indicator of corruption.

Comment on Samba case hearing: How Microsoft’s gamble backfired by Marco Ciampa

Marco Ciampa — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:58:31 +0000

Very interesting.

Please erase spam comments, thanks.

Comment on The European Commission’s locked-in syndrome by Frontiere digitali » == Attack on Free Software and the GNU GPL ==

Frontiere digitali » == Attack on Free Software and the GNU GPL == — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:40:52 +0000

[...] 9. http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/2011/06/06/the-european-commissions-locked-in-syndrome/ [...]

Comment on The European Commission’s locked-in syndrome by Arturo di Corinto su Internet Governance, Open Source e diritti digitali nell'innovazione tecnologica

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:40:32 +0000

[...] 9. http://blogs.fsfe.org/gerloff/2011/06/06/the-european-commissions-locked-in-syndrome/ [...]

Comment on The European Commission’s locked-in syndrome by European Commission Wants to Pay Commissions to the United States | Techrights

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:38:31 +0000

[...] seem unreasonably disrespectful. But things have changed. Right now, for example, even the FSFE criticises the Commission by showing that it sets a bad example for others to follow. To quote: In the Commission’s answer [...]