2009/8/4 Alun Rowe <[email protected]> > > The problem with a 'free digital society' is that people need salaries. >
ah, the old confusion of gratis and libre. > > Ask the music/film industry what they think. > > I love the idea of utopia but we all know that unicorns don't exist, right? > > On 3 Aug 2009, at 20:14, "Dave Crossland" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > What about the case for a free digital society? > > Regards, Dave > > On 3 Aug 2009, 6:36 PM, "Alun Rowe" < <[email protected]> > [email protected]> wrote: > > > No doubt some palms will be crossed with silver (or equity). > > The business case for open standards has to be thought through ingreat > depth before embracing it. > > Also Skypes network has been around for a longtime! > > On 3 Aug 2009, at 17:10, "Dave Crossland" < <[email protected]>[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Proprietary software and centtalised network services strike again... > > > Regards, Dave >> >> ----... > > > *Alun Rowe* > > *Pentangle Internet Limited* > > 2 Buttermarket > > Thame > > Oxfordshire > > OX9 3EW > > Tel: +44 8700 339905 > > Fax: +44 8700 339906 > *Please direct all support requests to > **[email protected]*<[email protected]> > > Pentangle Internet Limited is a limited company registered in England and > Wales. Registered number: 3960918. Registered office: 1 Lauras Close, Great > Staughton, Cambridgeshire PE19 5DP > > >> >> >> Discuss mailing list >> <[email protected]> > [email protected] >> <http://lists.autonomo.us/mailman/list.> > http://lists.autonomo.us/mailman/list... > > This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information > that is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If > you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, copying or distribution of this message, or files associated > with this message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message > in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and > deleting it from your computer. Messages sent to and from us may be > monitored. > > > > Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or > incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore, we do not accept responsibility > for any errors or omissions that are present in this message, or any > attachment, that have arisen as a result of e-mail transmission. If > verification is required, please request a hard-copy version. Any views or > opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of the company. > > > > *Alun Rowe* > > *Pentangle Internet Limited* > > 2 Buttermarket > > Thame > > Oxfordshire > > OX9 3EW > > Tel: +44 8700 339905 > > Fax: +44 8700 339906 > *Please direct all support requests to > **[email protected]*<[email protected]> > > Pentangle Internet Limited is a limited company registered in England and > Wales. Registered number: 3960918. Registered office: 1 Lauras Close, Great > Staughton, Cambridgeshire PE19 5DP > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
