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"Representing the free software movement, Richard Stallman stated in a
speech on October 2004 that:
The use of Flash in websites is a major problem for our community."
Cavalry, dismount high horses.
chad
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Matthew Brett <matthew.brett at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:17 PM, William Waites <ww at styx.org> wrote:
> > Forwarding since okfn-discuss silently eats messages from
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> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org> -----
> >
> > Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:33:34 -0400
> > From: Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org>
> > Subject: Re: Sysadmin sessions on IRC + skype
> >
> >
> > Helping Skype/Microsoft collect data and encouraging proprietary
> > software seems like a very strange activity for the Open Knowledge
> > Foundation. I cannot help but be extremely disappointed.
> >
> > Data collected by Microsoft, and perhaps handed over to Big Brother,
> > is not open data. It is not what OKFn should promote.
>
> It does seem reasonable to give a large benefit of the doubt to the
> open alternatives.
>
> Are they really so far inferior in quality or usability?
>
> I know each individual choice of closed source can seem minor, but
> they can have a cumulative demoralizing effect. Disappointment is not
> a productive state...
>
> See y'all,
>
> Matthew
>
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Big Blue Button require Flash?=
How open is Flash?=A0<div><br>From the Wikipedia entry on Flash:<br><br>&q=
uot;Representing the=A0free software movement,=A0Richard Stallman=A0stated =
in a speech on October 2004 that:<br>
<br>The use of Flash in websites is a major problem for our community."=
;<br></div><div><br>Cavalry, dismount high horses.</div><div><br>chad</div>=
<div><br></div><div><br>On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Matthew Brett <=
<a href=3D"mailto:matthew.brett at gmail.com">matthew.brett at gmail.com</a>> =
wrote:<br>
><br>> Hi,<br>><br>> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:17 PM, William W=
aites <<a href=3D"mailto:ww at styx.org">ww at styx.org</a>> wrote:<br>>=
> Forwarding since okfn-discuss silently eats messages from non-subscri=
bers<br>
> ><br>> > ----- Forwarded message from Richard Stallman <<a=
href=3D"mailto:rms at gnu.org">rms at gnu.org</a>> -----<br>> ><br>>=
> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:33:34 -0400<br>> > From: Richard Stal=
lman <<a href=3D"mailto:rms at gnu.org">rms at gnu.org</a>><br>
> > Subject: Re: Sysadmin sessions on IRC + skype<br>> ><br>>=
; ><br>> > =A0 =A0Helping Skype/Microsoft collect data and encoura=
ging proprietary<br>> > =A0 =A0software seems like a very strange act=
ivity for the Open Knowledge<br>
> > =A0 =A0Foundation. I cannot help but be extremely disappointed.<b=
r>> ><br>> > Data collected by Microsoft, and perhaps handed ov=
er to Big Brother,<br>> > is not open data. =A0It is not what OKFn sh=
ould promote.<br>
><br>> It does seem reasonable to give a large benefit of the doubt t=
o the<br>> open alternatives.<br>><br>> Are they really so far inf=
erior in quality or usability?<br>><br>> I know each individual choic=
e of closed source can seem minor, but<br>
> they can have a cumulative demoralizing effect. =A0Disappointment is n=
ot<br>> a productive state...<br>><br>> See y'all,<br>><br>=
> Matthew<br>><br>> ______________________________________________=
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> okfn-discuss mailing list<br>> <a href=3D"mailto:okfn-discuss at lists=
.okfn.org">okfn-discuss at lists.okfn.org</a><br>> <a href=3D"http://lists.=
okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss">http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listi=
nfo/okfn-discuss</a><br>
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