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The article is quite old, but t’s nice to see that more and more professors discover the value(s) of Free Software. Dr. Andrea Hickerson (Rochester Institute of Technology): “The values that underlie open source, like transparency and open communication, are the same values that underlie journalism and democracy,” Hickerson said. “It seems like a natural […] Nachdem ich die Geschichte der Fellowshipgruppe Rhein/Main kurz skizziert habe, geht es in diesem Posting mit der Gegenwart weiter. Ich hatte im vorigen Posting bereits angesprochen, dass kaum Frankfurter bei den Treffen vorbei kommen. Aus Neugier habe ich mich an die Fellowship Koordination gewandt und darum gebeten mir die Zahlen der Fellows aus den jeweiligen […] Vor ziemlich genau fünf Jahren lud ich zum ersten Fellowship-Treffen im Rhein/Main-Gebiet ein, damals noch unter dem Namen „Fellowship-Gruppe Frankfurt“. Da nach den ersten paar Treffen nicht ein einziger Fellow oder Besucher tatsächlich aus Frankfurt kam, sondern bis dahin alle aus dem Frankfurter Umland, entschied ich die Gruppe in „Rhein/Main“ umzutaufen. Trotz der Namensänderung verblieb […] FSFE Edu-Team activities Sebastian warns in a blog post to put the cost argument in front My last edu news summary was well received on the edu-eu mailinglist and let to the idea of creating an edu news planet. Anybody interested to join? We are working on updating the NLEDU campaign page as there […] I just want to recommend reading a blog post I found on KDE: A school in the southeast of England, began switching its student-facing computers to GNU/Linux. Stuart Jarvis interviewed the school’s Network Manager, Malcolm Moore. I think it’s an excelent case study to refer to. Here are some gems: To the question what caused […] I’ve been looking for a web based XMPP client and found about 20 in the list on xmpp.org. I skimmed through them and as a Free Software license is mandatory for me, I was left with 7 clients. I haven’t had the time to try any of them on my own machine yet, but […] |