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A primer for Kolab 3.0 – and ways of getting involved
After several months of development sprint the new Kolab web frontend has been unveiled for RHEL and UCS. We’re in fact quite proud of what our team has achieved this year and hope you will agree: This new web … Continue reading
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Tagged Articles, Business, Collaborate in Confidence, Free Software, Innovation, KDE, Kolab Systems
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Freedom in the “cloud”?
It’s come to the point that I was asked to explain what I consider necessary prerequisites for an open, free, sustainable approach towards what is often called “The Cloud” or also “Software as a Service” (SaaS). To be honest, it … Continue reading
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The Kolab Story
I’ve been woefully aware that while I did write about having chosen Kolab as my next challenge, I have consequently failed to communicate the most exciting part of why this became my challenge. So let me try to tell you … Continue reading
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Tagged Articles, Business, Collaborate in Confidence, Free Software, GPL, Innovation, KDE, Kolab Systems, Kontact
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All boys dream of being knights, don’t they?
Some weeks ago I received news that the embassy in Berne had unsuccessfully been trying to contact me under FSFE’s old office address in Zurich. This was a bit odd and unexpected. So you can probably understand my surprise to … Continue reading
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Tagged Articles, Bundesverdienstkreuz, Federal Cross of Merit, Free Software, Free Software Foundation Europe, GNU, Open Standards
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And the challenge is… Kolab!
The veil is finally lifted. After months of discussions and four months of preparation in Osnabrück, including a fight for dear life in the snow during the Battle of Osnabrück alongside my new comrade in arms from Scotland, Paul Adams, … Continue reading
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Tagged Collaborate in Confidence, Free Software, Innovation, Interoperability, KDE, Kolab Systems, Kontact, Open Standards, Switzerland
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What I’ve been doing: New Opportunities.
Those who know me will not be surprised that the somewhat prolonged silence following my last post was not only for purposes of an extended summer vacation. Indeed I found myself even more busy than before immediately after the handover … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Free Software, ODBA, Switzerland
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So, what are you going to do next?
This is certainly the question I received most often when people learned I was not going to be available again for election as president of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE). Being founder and president of FSFE has been a … Continue reading
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It’s time for the community to take charge of its brand
There are a couple of “beginner’s mistakes” when thinking about Free Software in general and its commercial application, in particular. One is to believe there was a substantial difference in the software referred to by the terms “Free Software” and … Continue reading
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Tagged Articles, Business, FAQ, Free Software, Free Software Foundation Europe, FSF, FTF, GNU, GPL, Microsoft
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FSFE written intervention to WIPO CDIP/3 on ICT and the Digital Divide
[ PDF version ] FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION EUROPE (FSFE) STATEMENT TO THE 3rd SESSION OF THE COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (CDIP/3) ON DOCUMENT CDIP/3/4 ANNEX III (Geneva, 27 April – 1 May 2009) With regards to the project … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software Business, Free Software Foundation Europe, FTF, United Nations, WIPO
Tagged Free Software, Free Software Foundation Europe, Innovation, Interoperability, Open Standards, Politics, UN, WIPO
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OFE Summit 2011: Creating an Open climate for entrepreneurs in Europe
During the 2011 OpenForum Europe Summit I had the pleasure and privilege to chair the session on “Creating an Open climate for entrepreneurs in Europe” and the videos of the opening presentations are now online on YouTube, and included below … Continue reading →