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(Digg) Microsoft tax evasion: Get gNewSense

John Sullivan — 2008-05-08T21:50:33

http://digg.com/linux_unix/Microsoft_tax_evasion_Get_gNewSense_preinstalled

Re: Partito Democratico (moderate left) and Popolo delle Libertà (right-fascist) have in common: peer to peer illegal

paolo del bene — 2008-04-23T01:41:24

2008/4/22, paolo del bene public.gmane.org>: ii think that i think that we must invite people to have a new approach with: books, software, music and movies. people first must to study, because in italy only 11% go to the university. then they must understood that is good to share anything, but licenses, contracts must be respected. is good to share software only if is distributed with the GNU General Public License and the last one BSD license compatibile with the GPL. is good to share documentation, books, manuals, guides if these one are distributed with the GNU Free Documentation License or Creative Commons, i preefer GPL for software and GFDL for texts. We must invite people to create, realize things, and at the same time to encurage to use things totally free. (free software refers not price but freedom so think free speech, not free beer). in italian as in french to say that a think have no price we said gratis, but free has the same signify: libero. we must say peo

Re: free software,losed elections and paolodelbene in SINISTRA CRITICA the new left

paolo del bene — 2008-04-22T19:19:01

hy to all, in italy has won again berlusconi, i activeted myself with new left 'SINISTRA CRITICA' http://www.sinistracritica.org/ i hope to occupate of free software in SINISTRA CRITICA. at the same time i invite you to read the Italian Magazine La Stampa - The Print 11/4/2008 Free software and political elections SARA ARRIGONE As many of you know the free software is a topic that is to heart to many, in particular to who thinks that the technology must free, be opened and transparent for all those who with it works and interacts. Many associations, before between all the Free Foundation Software, have carried ahead numerous battles in order to introduce the free software in Public Administration and many governments, after a careful appraisal of costs, benefits and times of migration and learning for the customers, have decided to adopt Linux (or GNU-Linux more exactly) as main operating system in the entire country. entire country. e examples more he celebrates and cited we find Spain, where in

Re: 10 milion euro which end ?

paolo del bene — 2008-03-22T19:33:56

The italian government in 2007 with Romano Prodi have had destinated to free software 10 milion of euro, not 1 cent of euro really arrived to free software. please visit http://maffulli.net/2007/12/21/dove-sono-finiti-i-fondi-per-il-software-libero/#comment-32215 the translation, stefano maffulli the barriers exist for being exceeded 21 Dec 2007 Where are ended the deep ones for the Free Software? Published by Stef at 10:05 am under it This makes me to fall the arms: 10 million euro allocate to you from financial institution 2007 to support of the free software seem talk nonsense to you, but expenses elsewhere where? Of it Flavia and Roberto speak making to notice but that to the citizens knowledge is not given where they have been expenses, like and from who: servants transparency. as some parliamentarians were themselves engage to you in electoral campaign to support of the free software and collecting therefore some ballot, they said that the minimum that we can make is to ask Where is ended?

Please spread the word: Windows Vista Incapable

Joshua Gay — 2008-03-18T21:56:34

Microsoft Vista is incapable of running on most machines. Even if you could run it, you'd find that it takes your general-purpose computer and makes it incapable of doing a lot of things you might want to do, like accessing your hardware (e.g., video cards), running certain third-party applications, or controlling your multimedia and other data files. Today Microsoft has shipped Windows Vista Service Pack 1, and it has done nothing in the way of providing users with more freedom and control of their machines. Read the blog: * http://badvista.fsf.org/blog/windows-vista-incapable Sign the petition: * http://badvista.fsf.org/freesoftwarefreesociety/free-software-free-society/ And please, tell your friends by forwarding this email and posting it to your favorite news aggregation site! If you post the story to places like digg, del.icio.us, and reddit, please reply to the list so that other people can share those links.

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paolo del bene — 2008-03-12T14:23:11

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How bad is Vista?

Jacob Maynard — 2008-03-12T01:05:59

Vista is so bad, evidently, that Microsoft employees don't even like it. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/business/09digi.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5087&em&en=16c93380cf8296d8&ex=1205294400 When they shoot themselves in the foot, it leaves us nothing to say. This makes me happy. Jacob

Please digg and promote EndSoftPatents.com

John Sullivan — 2008-02-28T21:12:11

Microsoft routinely attacks alternatives to Windows, like free software GNU/Linux operating systems, by making vague claims that those alternatives are violating Microsoft's patents. Patents serve to chill and intimidate software developers. A key component of restoring the freedom of computer users is getting rid of software patents. Today the Free Software Foundation has joined with a broad coalition to launch a campaign that will end the threat of software patents for good. Please take a moment to show your support for this effort. At digg: http://digg.com/software/Patent_reform_coalition_aims_to_abolish_software_patents At del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/url/e4c1b84347d03f804db0d1c14cf59fb7 If you promote it in other forums, please reply to this thread with the links to call each other's attention to it. Thanks,

Re: is there any help here?

member greenarrow1 — 2008-02-24T04:56:13

Actually you can also get SuSE 10.3 Live CD at: http://software.opensuse.org/ Or if you have a XP Pro disk you can do a dual install w/Vista, and then, never use Vista. On 2/22/08, Timothy Musson public.gmane.org> wrote:

Re: is there any help here?

Timothy Musson — 2008-02-23T02:34:48

Ringo Kamens, 2008-02-22 17:43:53: By the way, a nice thing about Ringo's suggestion is that you can try Ubuntu without installing it. (That is, you can run it directly off the CD, without touching your hard drive.) So you can check how well your hardware (e.g. printers) work before deciding whether or not you want to install it for real. http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu This site's really good at explaining what GNU/Linux is: http://www.getgnulinux.org/ If you get stuck with anything, there's probably a GNU/Linux user group nearby: http://www.linux.org/groups/ -- Timothy Musson FSF Associate Member #1262 http://www.russsoc.org.nz/ http://www.fsf.org/

Re: is there any help here?

Ringo Kamens — 2008-02-22T22:43:53

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is there any help here?

2008-02-22T20:29:30

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Re: UK Becta recommending ODF/avoiding OOXMLand Vista "not recommended"

gpinterfirst — 2008-01-27T14:16:51

I agree. Multi application knowledge is a must in the 21st century. Unfortunately Bill Gates and his cronies force many of us to use their puny overpriced programs through market fixings and arm twisting. In my case I used Corel WordPerfect Office (which I think better than office), even before it was Corel. Now that I am in real estate I literally being forced to use MS products because the industry use it only MS programs. Gabe, Ah, yes politics. Poli- coming from the latin word meaning many, and tics- coming from the latin word meaning small blood sucking insects. -----Original Message----- From: advocate-bounces< at >badvista.org [mailto:advocate-bounces< at >badvista.org] On Behalf Of Fred Okuma Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:58 AM To: BadVista.org Advocacy Subject: Re: [BadVista Advocate] UK Becta recommending ODF/avoiding OOXML and Vista "not recommended" A little bit off-topic now, but Becta gave one good reason in their report to recommend 'open software' in educational environment. My summary:

Re: UK Becta recommending ODF/avoiding OOXML and Vista "not recommended"

Matthew Flaschen — 2008-01-27T14:04:57

Of course, using "industry standard" software just because it's industry standard is only reinforcing an accidental status quo. If we decide to use free software that supports open standards, that will create a more logical standard practice. Matt Flaschen

Re: UK Becta recommending ODF/avoiding OOXMLand Vista "not recommended"

Dave Crossland — 2008-01-27T13:08:29

Thanks for posting this - I think this is _highly_ relevant to free software advocacy! Talking to graphic design college professors and working professionals I hear this lame "oh its not industry standard so I would never use it" excuse _constantly_ - so I'm very glad to read this :-)

Re: UK Becta recommending ODF/avoiding OOXML and Vista "not recommended"

Fred Okuma — 2008-01-27T12:57:31

A little bit off-topic now, but Becta gave one good reason in their report to recommend 'open software' in educational environment. My summary: - Some say students should be familiar with 'industry standard' software (meaning Microsoft Office). - Not true. Students are now highly computer literate. They can use many types of applications. - Multi-vendor skill sets should enhance employability in the 21st century, not limit it. Excerpt from the report follows. Becta recommends 'freely available software' instead of so-called 'industry standard software' in it ( http://publications.becta.org.uk/download.cfm?resID=35275 ): ---- quote ---- Addressing issues of mind set 6.12 Some schools and colleges take the view that they need to use a specific proprietary software product because that product is widely used in industry and commerce, and, the argument goes, students need to be familiar with what is in the real world ¹. ...(snip)... 6.13 However, students today are usually highly ICT liter

Windows' Genuine Disadvantage -- Vista killswitch removed

John Sullivan — 2008-01-17T18:29:43

New post up by Matt Lee, give it a digg: http://www.digg.com/microsoft/Windows_Genuine_Disadvantage_Vista_kill_switch_removed

Re: UK Becta recommending ODF/avoiding OOXMLand Vista "not recommended"

Dave Crossland — 2008-01-17T11:23:01

Also! They are dropping VBA support in Office 2009 - making the tonnes of work Novell have done to OpenOffice to support VBA become very exciting and strategically crucial for the FS movement :-)

Re: UK Becta recommending ODF/avoiding OOXML and Vista "not recommended"

Fred Okuma — 2008-01-17T01:16:51

Dave, Thanks, it's a good news even though becta's rejection of Vista is somewhat mild. Sounds like Office 2007 products are yet another user lock-in strategy by Microsoft. Fred

UK Becta recommending ODF/avoiding OOXML andVista "not recommended"

Dave Crossland — 2008-01-15T20:50:42

Hi All, Somewhat old news now, but: A UK government advisory group is recommending ODF long term and minimising upgrades to Office 2007 and avoiding OOXML. Becta is the UK Government's "key partner in the strategic development and delivery of its information and communications technology (ICT) and e-learning." It "provides strategic advice to school leaders, teaching staff and technical staff on the use of ICT in schools." - http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=becta On 9/1/2008 Becta published its review of Microsoft's Vista and Office 2007 products. This "draws conclusions on whether to upgrade, how to upgrade and document interoperability between home and school, recommending that schools and colleges review the findings of the report before considering any large-scale investment or deployment. Full report [291 kB PDF http://publications.becta.org.uk/download.cfm?resID=35275]. ZDnet coverage of the issue http://www.zdnet.co.uk/misc/print/0,1000000169,39292025-39001084c,00.htm. The key recommendations fro

Re: «Windows? No Thanks Refund . Italian Magazine ."Corriere della Sera"

paolo del bene — 2007-11-05T00:19:30

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corriere.it%2Fscienze_e_tecnologie%2F07_ottobre_25%2Fwindow.shtml&langpair=it%7Cen&hl=it&ie=UTF8 Il 05/11/07, paolo del benepublic.gmane.org> ha scritto: