On Thu, 16 May 2019 16:41:31 +0200 [email protected] wrote: > Hello Besnik, > > strangely enough, I received your mail via [email protected] > just fine, hours before this peticular message.
That proves nothing. My original message was sent Wednesday at 14:48 and until Thursday at 00:01 (when I sent the complain to this list)I did not get my response from the FSFE list. > Must be the evil FSFE overloads' great plan to appear non-censory > whilst secretly planning their plot towards world domination. > > Cheers, Simon Oh, no. The puppets cannot get the chair of the masters. Cheers, Besnik > On 2019-05-15 23:22, Besnik Bleta wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The following answer (to the stupid panegyric message) was > > apparently blocked from reaching [email protected]. I'm > > glad that they found it dangerous to their official narrative. > > > > Regards, > > Besnik > > > > > > ===================================================================== > > > > It’s hard not to see Prayon continuing her satire through her > > donation of the prize money. She doesn't keep the money given from > > the same City of Munich responsible for the defeat of free > > software. The question is: was FSFE chosen because of its fight or > > the lack thereof? Either way, FSFE should refuse taking that money. > > It's money coming from the 50 + 37 = 87 million deal of City of > > Munich against Free Software. > > > > Regards, > > Besnik > > > > > > On Wed, 15 May 2019 12:11:42 +0200 > > Carmen Bianca Bakker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> This article arrived in my mailbox this morning. It's a lovely > >> read! Thank you to the author, and to Christine Prayon. > >> > >> Je mer, 2019-05-15 je 06:50 +0000, [email protected] skribis: > >> > = Free Software in Munich - FSFE thanks cabaret artist Christine > >> > Prayon = > >> > > >> > [ Read online: > >> > https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190515-02.en.html ] > >> > > >> > Yesterday, political satirist Christine Prayon was awarded the > >> > 10,000 Euro Dieter Hildebrandt Prize of the City of Munich for > >> > demanding political or decidedly socio-critical political satire. > >> > Prayon is donating the prize money to the Free Software > >> > Foundation Europe. > >> > > >> > The jury states [1], among other things, that the award recipient > >> > Prayon "[...] does not simply accuse - she unmasks, and we are > >> > her witnesses". Prayon herself used her thank-you speech to put > >> > the finger on one of Munich's sore spots: Prayon describes the > >> > former genius, progressive process of making Munich independent > >> > of the providers of proprietary software and letting the complete > >> > administration run on a free system. Prayon then criticised the > >> > switch back to proprietary systems. > >> > > >> > The migration of workstations back to proprietary software will > >> > cost Munich almost 50 million Euros over the next six years. A > >> > further 37 million Euros will have to be invested in > >> > implementation projects. The Free Software Foundation Europe > >> > already criticised the migration-project in the past. The > >> > migration will not solve existing organisational IT problems in > >> > the day-to-day administrative business. At the same time new > >> > dependencies on manufacturers of proprietary software will arise > >> > and license fees will be paid to the proprietary manufacturers > >> > instead of using these funds in tax payers' best interest for > >> > the further development of the software and the cooperation with > >> > other administrations. The systems become less transparent and > >> > no longer comprehensible for citizens. Further information on > >> > the migration plans of the City of Munich can be found here [2]. > >> > > >> > Munich is thus turning against the trend: in other > >> > administrations, Free Software is being used with overwhelming > >> > success. Since the French government decided to start using more > >> > Free Software back in 2012, between 0.6% and 5.4% more companies > >> > using Free Software have been created in France every year; > >> > between 6.6% and 14% more people find employment in the IT > >> > sector every year. In Barcelona, 70% of the budget for the > >> > development of new software is used to create Free Software. > >> > Contracts have so far been awarded to 3,000 companies, 60% of > >> > them SMEs, mostly from the region. In collaborative projects, > >> > more and more cities are working on common software solutions > >> > and jointly develop them, saving costs and sharing risks. > >> > > >> > The Free Software Foundation Europe has launched the campaign > >> > "Public Money? Public Code!" to convince other administrations to > >> > switch to Free Software and support them in their migration. As > >> > part of the campaign, we published the specialist publication > >> > "Public Money Public Code - Modernising Public Infrastructure > >> > with Free Software". The brochure aims to answer questions from > >> > decision-makers about the benefits of using and developing Free > >> > Software for the public administration. > >> > > >> > More information about the campaign and its supporters can be > >> > found on our campaign website at publiccode.eu [3], and the > >> > brochure can be found here [4]. > >> > > >> > The Free Software Foundation Europe would like to take this > >> > opportunity to thank Christine Prayon for her commitment to Free > >> > Software and her generous donation. > >> > > >> > 1: > >> > https://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Kulturreferat/Kulturfoerderung/Preise/Dieter-Hildebrandt-Preis/2019.html > >> > 2: https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190515-01.html 3: > >> > https://publiccode.eu/ 4: > >> > https://fsfe.org/campaigns/publiccode/brochure > >> > > >> > == About the Free Software Foundation Europe == > >> > > >> > Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers > >> > users to control technology. Software is deeply involved in all > >> > aspects of our lives; and it is important that this technology > >> > empowers rather than restricts us. Free Software gives everybody > >> > the rights to use, understand, adapt and share software. These > >> > rights help support other fundamental freedoms like freedom of > >> > speech, press and privacy. > >> > > >> > The FSFE helps individuals and organisations to understand how > >> > Free Software contributes to freedom, transparency, and > >> > self-determination. It enhances users' rights by abolishing > >> > barriers to Free Software adoption, encourage people to use and > >> > develop Free Software, and provide resources to enable everyone > >> > to further promote Free Software in Europe. > >> > > >> > http://fsfe.org > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Press-release mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/press-release > >> > > >> > This mailing list is covered by the FSFE's Code of Conduct. All > >> > participants are kindly asked to be excellent to each other: > >> > https://fsfe.org/about/codeofconduct > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discussion mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.fsfellowship.eu/mailman/listinfo/discussion > _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://lists.fsfellowship.eu/mailman/listinfo/discussion
