Edmud, I made an et folder a while ago, but we never heard from you.
I didn't nowhere see, that I must do any reports, that I'm exist or
something. I'm reading this list every day but I do not have say nothing
important. Actually, I don't know, what is (are) indicator(s), that I am
existing? Is there any time, that if I don't log in, then account is
deleted, like some public e-mail systems do?
I
asked you about how you were planning to use it and you didn't say
anything.
Well, I said it and even written it to there (oooauthors.org/et), that
everybody can read it. I wrote some information in Estonian (for
Estonians) but main information also in English, so everybody (who knows
English) can understand it. I think there is much more, who knows
English rather than Estonian. Isn't it enough? Here in Estonia are ca 1
Million Estonians and we don't have very much people, who are familiar
with free software. Microsoft's brainwash has its effects even here...
Actually most of them waited that voting at 6th of July in Strasbourg
(EU Parliament) about software patents. Who knows - perhaps working with
free software is pointless if software patents will come. Perhaps in
U.S. it is usual situation but in Europe, also in Estonia, people don't
like it, I mean - software patents. Even one of our previous prime
minister said, that Estonia is supporting software patents, it's not
true. He made this decision without discussing with the government and
who knows - perhaps Microsoft paid him. This is also reason, why he is
not anymore prime minister. He damaged a lot of Estonian image and
currently we can only forgive him and pray, that the Lord will decide
his destiny.
I also worked making lobby work for fighting against software patents
here in Estonia. I am only one and every day has only 24 hours - I
cannot do everything all the time. I tried to find a way but I couldn't
get more than 24 hours per day+night....
Could you please tell me your plan for an et folder and how you want to
manage it? (e.g. who should have access to it, etc).
Well, as I understand, there can be stored some (I don't have any idea -
are there any disk quotas...) files to collect data (documents) and work
with them. As I said, I plan to do OOo 2.x book for schools but this
might not happen during this summer. As a volunteer, there are not very
much interested peoples but some are.
I also not decided yet, what is right format for this. It should be
searchable (headings and contents) and illustratable (can add
pictures/screenshots/etc.). Perhaps some wiki can satisfy it - there
must be test it. But this book should definitely be in electronical
format. At first it come out in Estonian and perhaps in future also in
other languages. Electronic version doesn't need extra money for
spreading it. It can be always improve and make better by adding and
correcting the materials in it.
It should be accessible to everyone, to whom I decide to give the
access. One or couple of people should have main rights to decide and
organize order and necessity of materials.
I'd like to manage it over the web as Plone makes it possible.
But I cannot guarantee, that I will every day handle with it. I have lot
of other work also to do.
Perhaps you know, that people are divided into two parts by activity.
One of peoples don't have almost nothing to do and other peoples have
very lot of things to do. Well, if there is needed good workers, they
will be searched from that second part. So, perhaps you can imagine,
that I belong to the second group....
So, please forgive me, that I cannot every day live for that.
I appreciate your feedback,
Edmund Laugasson
