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If you REALLY hate having customers, require them to buy wireless vouchers
Remember the story about unsuccessfully trying to find internet connectivity at Buenos Aires airport as part of my "genuine Latin American experience"? After the conference in Rosario ended last night, Fernanda Weiden, Alexandre Oliva and myself are currently back at … Continue reading
Congratulations, it is an FSF!
It is done. The world has another Free Software Foundation. As my personal highlight of the 5tas Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre in Rosario, Argentina, the Free Software Foundation Latin America (FSFLA) has just been officially introduced and the bylaws … Continue reading
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Vienna manipulations in the press
The discussion about the obvious manipulation of the Vienna Declaration on ICT and Creativity is spreading: Heise, Germanys largest publishing house for IT and related news published an excellent piece about the Vienna Declarations under the title Microsoft, die "Vienna … Continue reading
Another FSF (almost) come to life
These are exciting times here in Rosario, Argentina at the 5tas Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre. Despite (or because of?) the very typical Latin American experience in getting to the event, my keynote on Sunday was a lot of fun. … Continue reading
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And the price for DRM promotion goes to…
Thanks to someone who pointed out the member list of the creativwirtschaft.at I have been able to check out where the rather uncritical view of Digital Restriction Measures (DRM) came from. As you can see for yourself, most of the … Continue reading
The next Vienna Conclusion: So it WAS Microsoft that asked to delete Free Software
The ORF (Austrian Broadcasting Corporation) features a report in its futurezone.orf.at section about the Free Software censorship described in my blog entry "The Vienna Conclusion: Sponsorship+Politics=Influence". They describe the situation, quote the rapporteur of the panel, Ralf Bendrath, that he … Continue reading
The Latin American experience
This trip is taking longer than it should. The connection was crappy as they get: Swissair to Zurich, Iberia to Madrid, and then on to Buenos Aires. Including the two 2-3 hour waiting sessions, the slightly delayed 13hrs flight to … Continue reading
Living in the airport
Sometimes I can really relate to the movie "Terminal" with Tom Hanks. It is now 16hrs after I touched down in Hamburg, coming back from the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis. Guess where I am sitting right … Continue reading
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Life after WSIS?
It is probably too early to summarise everything that took place in and around the WSIS, in particular its statements and activities. Thinking about a first summary, there are a couple of things that come to my mind, though. Firstly, … Continue reading
Spammed by Kofi Annan?
Being on dozens of mailing lists with several email addresses that have been in use since the mid-90s and a column that has been translated in up to 10 languages — most of which I do not speak, some of … Continue reading