Re: [LUG] WSIS + FOSS (Did anybody attend?)

[Ronny]

Hahah I believe in the saying "Dreams come true" besides all great men were dreamers!Well deeper search shows me this. :-)  As noted, the biggest open source story out of WSIS (by hits) wasn't really a WSIS story at all, but more of a photo op for a worthwhile project: the $100 laptop alluded to above. Even the U.S. State Department posted a story about it at its public information site, seeking to ride the goodwill coat tails of One Laptop Per Child , which is a project of private sector organization, and not a governmental effort. The Department of State story indicates that some in the Federal government are about as clear on the definition of open source as is Senator Pacheco in Massachusetts: "[Negroponte] also said applications will be open-source based (run from a nonproprietary operating system), and available in "every single language + Luganda :-)   that people want.” Not surprisingly, the other articles on the same story are a bit more expansive (and accurate) on the open source aspects of the project, so you might want to check out one of the other pieces, such as that found in Techworld.uk, which reports the same statement by Negroponte more comprehensibly: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/newsblog/blog.php?ID=1755 Lule George William wrote: On Friday 25 November 2005 10:29, Ronny wrote: and "Microsoft is free for all" :-) Sometimes Ronny you dream too much for your own good but to answer your question, from the few discussions I have followed, it seems these fellows concentrated far much more on the issues of Internet Governance(though in my opinion, it was more like a fight in some circles to "own" the Internet). I think FOSS didn't recieve as much attention. G. Ronny

_______________________________________________
LUG mailing list
LUG@linux.or.ug
http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug
%LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/

The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including 
attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.
---------------------------------------