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OpenXML back on fast-track
Groklaw has an article that OpenXML is back on the fast-track for ISO certification, ignoring an usually high number of objections from various countries: *She* decided? So the objections process is an elaborate waltz with no purpose? Why even have … Continue reading
Tagged Microsoft, Open Standards
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Netzpolitik-Interview: Sechs Jahre Free Software Foundation Europe
For all Fellows capable of reading German, Netzpolitik.org,a favorit source of news about the social and political issues in the knowledge society, has an interview with me on the occasion of six years Free Software Foundation Europe. Vor sechs Jahren … Continue reading
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Irony, cynicism or simply “cara de pau”?
Imagine a fox building “fox and chicken can be friends” ads from the feathers of slaughtered chicken. Would this be irony or cynicism, or possibly both? I had the same problem when I saw the following ad: Microsoft is a … Continue reading
Tagged Fun, Idiocies, Microsoft, Open Standards
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FOSDEM followup: Fellowship section on reclaiming “Windows Tax”
During the Q&A session at the end of my keynote at FOSDEM 2007, some people were discussion the issue of the “Windows Tax” on all PCs and laptops: Most vendors will not sell you hardware without Windows licence for fear … Continue reading
Tagged Conference, Free Software, Microsoft
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When governments mandate proprietary software
Software is increasingly essential to communicate with our governments, and the choice of that software is a very sensitive issue in a democracy. There is always a danger of undermining the right of the citizens to freely communicate with the … Continue reading
Tagged Free Software, Open Standards, Politics
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Life after FOSDEM
Last weekend, many of FSFE’s teams descended upon Brussels, Belgium for the 2007 FOSDEM meeting to spend two days between computers, talks and Belgium beer. There must have been around 20 people from FSFE alone, and we came well-prepared: FSFLA … Continue reading
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Most people seem to prefer FL
Stefano has been rather curious about Second Life (SL) in his blog, and much of the press seemed to be buzzing about how SL was going to be an economy of its own and how there were millionaires in the … Continue reading
Fedora removing binary ESRs.
The fact that the protagonist of the popular web-comic “Everybody loves Eric Raymond” has turned his back on Red Hat Fedora in an email seems to have been a major news item, according to linux.com and Heise. Unfortunately, most of … Continue reading
Tagged Free Software, Fun
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Heading for FOSDEM 2007
Next weekend, one of the world’s most interesting Free Software conferences, the FOSDEM in Brussels, Belgium, will once more open the Free Software conference year. As every year, FSFE will participate with several people, a booth, as well as some … Continue reading
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The ‘Ow’ starts now
Today is the day when Microsoft Vista starts shipping, and this operating system may indeed turn out to be quite painful for governments, companies and users around the world. The main problem is not the graphical user interface. If you … Continue reading
Tagged DRM, Free Software, Microsoft, Open Standards, Vista
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