[okfn-discuss] Sysadmin sessions on IRC + skype

Tue Jul 19 20:00:23 UTC 2011

And to think you replied with a gmail address while Google advertised
to you and recorded your clicks to make better search results. I quote
a quote:

"The concept of using web-based programs like Google's Gmail is "worse
than stupidity", according to a leading advocate of free software."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman

Not all of us know how to configure emacs for email...

If a tools fits use it.

On 19 July 2011 20:54, Chad Nelson <chadbnelson at gmail.com> wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Big Blue Button require Flash? How open
> is Flash?
> From the Wikipedia entry on Flash:
>
> "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
>> > non-subscribers
>> >
>> > ----- 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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