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Subject: Gnu-Friends Digest 5/24/04 - msg#00614List: org.gnu.discussThis is the Weekly digest for http://www.Gnu-Friends.org/ --------------------------------------------------------- Nuxeo releases mail management system under the GPL By brian, 2004-05-22 18:29:00 Section: News French-based company Nuxeo has released its enterprise mail management system CourierCPS under the GPL, as part of its Collaborative Portal Server 3 (CPS3) product line. The software has been developed under contract to the French government in partnership with Capgemini. http://www.gnu-friends.org/story/2004/5/22/182331/844 ---- Talks by Larry Lessig and Brewster Kahle (Oxford) By brian, 2004-05-22 18:28:51 Section: News [From NTK.net] The Oxford Internet Institute is holding a series of interesting talks, starting this week with Brewster Kahle on "Universal Access to Knowledge" (Monday, 24 May) and Professor Larry Lessig on "Rediscovering Free Culture" (Friday, 28 May). http://www.gnu-friends.org/story/2004/5/22/182841/271 ---- FSFE on software patents: A bad day for Europe By brian, 2004-05-20 12:04:48 Section: News [From FSFE] FSF Europe has responded to the latest decision of the EU council on software patents with an official statement, and analysis of the background to the new directive. According to Georg Greve, President of FSFE, the council's vote means that "Europe is about to finally give up on the goal of its heads of states and governments to become the 'most competitive knowledge-based region'". http://www.gnu-friends.org/story/2004/5/20/114949/038 ---- New software patent directive passes EU council by thin majority By brian, 2004-05-20 12:04:40 Section: News [From FFII] The EU presidency secured political approval for its new draft of the software patents directive in a meeting of the Council of Ministers -- by 7 votes, overturning the earlier amendments of the European Parliament excluding software from patentability. Belgium , Denmark, Italy, Spain and Austria refused to support the new text and Estonia voted against. http://www.gnu-friends.org/story/2004/5/20/11428/7260 ---- APRIL disassociates from FSFE By brian, 2004-05-20 12:04:25 Section: News APRIL, the French Association for Promotion and Research in Libre Computing, has deaffiliated itself from FSF Europe and is no longer an FSFE associate organization. http://www.gnu-friends.org/story/2004/5/20/115433/002 ---- Growing Outrage at EU Presidency Plans By brian, 2004-05-16 10:57:41 Section: News [FFII] FFII reports growing outrage among member states at the renewed proposals for unlimited patentability brought forward by the Irish Presidency of the EU, in the face of the previous vote by the European Parliament. http://www.gnu-friends.org/story/2004/5/16/105340/757 ---- Call to Polish government to oppose Software Patents By brian, 2004-05-16 10:56:10 Section: News At a major meeting in Poland organized by FFII and the Internet Society (ISOC) over 300 participants from companies and political parties adopted a resolution calling on the Polish government to support the European Parliament's stance and oppose the Irish Presidency proposal, with only 3 votes against and 4 abstentions. http://www.gnu-friends.org/story/2004/5/16/104223/182 ---- AGNULA Project at "creAzione" event (Milan, 20-22 May) By brian, 2004-05-16 10:55:49 Section: News The AGNULA project will be present at "creAzione", a three-day (20-22 May 2004) event on the "creative use of technology". Andrea Glorioso, Damien Cirotteau, Davide Fugazza and Free Ekanayaka will talk about the AGNULA project, the AGNULA/DeMuDi distribution and the AGNULA Libre Music web portal. The event will take place in Sesto San Giovanni (Milan, Italy) at Laboratorio Innovazione Breda. http://www.gnu-friends.org/story/2004/5/16/104831/333 -- Brian Gough Network Theory Ltd, Publishing Free Software Manuals --- http://www.network-theory.co.uk/ Thread at a glance:
Previous Message by Date: click to view message previewRe: Linux is SHITRolf Tollerud wrote: "Linux is cheaper, faster, easier." The professional editions cost the same if not even more, the free editions are worthless. "It has a better distribution system." Everybody have Windows, even Linux fanatics, and I do not know a single soul that has paid for it. Only companies and persons that buy with Windows pre-installed. Windows is the most spread software on the planet. You're probably right, since there /are/ a ton of pirates out there. My situation is that I've run Windows 2003 eval (RC2) for 360 days, and when my license ran out, it was either buy Windows XP, put ME back on (ugh), or simply re-partition the drive and do without Windows altogether. So your argument that "I do not know a single soul that has paid for it" is bunk. I'm still faced with the possibility of having to buy XP for this laptop. Next Message by Date: click to view message previewRe: Linux is SHIT"Barak Zalstein" <no_spam@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > "David Kastrup" <dak@xxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:x5d64uck6s.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > So why should we listen to the rants of a self-declared criminal? > > > > Anyway, Windows XP won't run for long without being allowed to phone > > home to Redmont and report by whom it is being used. So you better > > be a _careful_ criminal. > > > > Or a stupid liar. > > > > I fail to understand why you continuosly consider sharing that kind > of critical information "sharing of critical information" for illegal copies of Windows? Strange euphemism. > as a criminal activity (just do that outside of corporate > environment). The question is not what I consider criminal, but what the laws consider criminal. That is what will get your computers confiscated and you jailed or fined. > What if this attitude was taught (and enforced) in school? To obey the laws? Actually, that attitude _is_ taught in school. > Being pedantic regarding licenses and eulas may result in confining > oneself to a 80x25 ghetto buffer. News flash: you could just use Linux and run a lot of free and open software on it, without breaking any laws, licences and Eulas. Which is what I do, and have done for quite a long time. Linux broke out of the "80x25 ghetto buffer" some 12 years ago, when the first X11 servers started running on it. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum Previous Message by Thread: click to view message previewLinux is SHIT"Linux is business." For 8 years now each year has been declared "the year of Linux desktop", no inroads at all has been made. "Linux is cheaper, faster, easier." The professional editions cost the same if not even more, the free editions are worthless. "It has a better distribution system." Everybody have Windows, even Linux fanatics, and I do not know a single soul that has paid for it. Only companies and persons that buy with Windows pre-installed. Windows is the most spread software on the planet. "It has a better support system." Suppport is non-existent. Linux-administrator take it as an insult that they should support an ordinary user. The Win X system/Open Office crash every 10 min. There are no MSDN system for developers. Linux is a 30 year old incorrectly designed OS that should have been "Microkernel". But you can only dream. You have about 2 years more to dream! But there is hope. When MS adopts Linux (after the CLR is everywhere) at last there is going to be some quality Linux distributions. So hang on! :) In the meanwhile I suggest using Apple OSX. Next Message by Thread: click to view message previewFwd: heyThe officers of the quarter-deck hurried to the after-part of the vessel No more msgs But this hard body might be a bony covering, like that of the antediluvian animals; and I should be free to class this monster among amphibious reptiles, such as tortoises or alligators!!! The frigate skirted the south-east coast of America with great rapidity!! One might have said that we were in a bath of quicksilver. valkyrie _______________________________________________ Gnu-misc-discuss mailing list Gnu-misc-discuss@xxxxxxx http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss Loading Comments...
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