After we all recover from the US elections hangover, what happens in say May 2009? Who comes out stronger? Microsoft? the Open sourcers? World governments? Where will Africa or subsaharan africa be? How do we all fit in? Will the EU continue supporting the Open sourcers?
regards Joachim --- On Wed, 11/5/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: LUG Digest, Vol 51, Issue 11 > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 2:51 AM > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Obama (Mugarura Cavin) > 2. Obama 4 FOSS (Dennis M S) > 3. Obama 4 FOSS (Dennis M S) > 4. Re: Re: Obama (Peter C. Ndikuwera) > 5. Re: Obama 4 FOSS (joseph mpora) > 6. Re: Re: Obama (joseph mpora) > 7. RE: Re: Obama ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Obama's rise to the highest seat, should be a lesson to > cliques who > think Microsoft will dominate forever, > i have i used several distro's of Linux, but right now > i might say > Linpus is the closest to wrestling Windoze > from the lead. > > > > -- > The real danger is not that computers will begin to think > like men, > but that men will begin to think like machines. > > Mugarura. A. Cavin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > +256-77-2850260 > > Apparently his campaign website was built n maintained > using..Open > CMS, to send out sms's(announcing his running > mate,gettn pple 2 go > vote)...kannel was used...,it sure shows a recognition of > the > reliabity,effectiveness&low cost of FOSS > Dennis M S Bsc.Computer Science > > Apparently his campaign website was built n maintained > using..Open > CMS, to send out sms's(announcing his running > mate,gettn pple 2 go > vote)...kannel was used...,it sure shows a recognition of > the > reliabity,effectiveness&low cost of FOSS > Dennis M S Bsc.Computer Science Muk > > Wasn't this the most expensive campaign in history? > Didn't Obama raise > millions more than McCain? > > Sorry if I sound snide, but we shouldn't use this > campaign as proof that the > little man can beat the big man! If anything the > "big" man won, so we can > prove that a nerd who dropped out of college can one day > become the world's > richest man! :-) > > 2008/11/5 Mugarura Cavin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Obama's rise to the highest seat, should be a > lesson to cliques who > > think Microsoft will dominate forever, > > i have i used several distro's of Linux, but right > now i might say > > Linpus is the closest to wrestling Windoze > > from the lead. > > > > > > > > -- > > The real danger is not that computers will begin to > think like men, > > but that men will begin to think like machines. > > > > Mugarura. A. Cavin > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > +256-77-2850260 > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > 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. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > -- > "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in > length" > -- Robert Frost > Given the funds he had available, I wonder how much he gave > back to > those projects :) > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:30 AM, Dennis M S > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Apparently his campaign website was built n maintained > using..Open > > CMS, to send out sms's(announcing his running > mate,gettn pple 2 go > > vote)...kannel was used...,it sure shows a recognition > of the > > reliabity,effectiveness&low cost of FOSS > > Dennis M S Bsc.Computer Science > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > 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. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > Last I read, he had raised up to $650m! > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:42 AM, Peter C. Ndikuwera > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wasn't this the most expensive campaign in > history? Didn't Obama raise > > millions more than McCain? > > > > Sorry if I sound snide, but we shouldn't use this > campaign as proof that the > > little man can beat the big man! If anything the > "big" man won, so we can > > prove that a nerd who dropped out of college can one > day become the world's > > richest man! :-) > > > > 2008/11/5 Mugarura Cavin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> Obama's rise to the highest seat, should be a > lesson to cliques who > >> think Microsoft will dominate forever, > >> i have i used several distro's of Linux, but > right now i might say > >> Linpus is the closest to wrestling Windoze > >> from the lead. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> The real danger is not that computers will begin > to think like men, > >> but that men will begin to think like machines. > >> > >> Mugarura. A. Cavin > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> +256-77-2850260 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> 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. > >> --------------------------------------- > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in > length" > > -- Robert Frost > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > 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. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > You just don't get it, do you? > > > > TK > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter C. > Ndikuwera > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 1:42 PM > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > Subject: Re: [LUG] Re: Obama > > Wasn't this the most expensive campaign in history? > Didn't Obama raise millions more than McCain? > > Sorry if I sound snide, but we shouldn't use this > campaign as proof that the little man can beat the big man! > If anything the "big" man won, so we can prove > that a nerd who dropped out of college can one day become > the world's richest man! :-) > 2008/11/5 Mugarura Cavin > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Obama's rise to the highest seat, should be a lesson to > cliques who > think Microsoft will dominate forever, > i have i used several distro's of Linux, but right now > i might say > Linpus is the closest to wrestling Windoze > from the lead. > > > > -- > The real danger is not that computers will begin to think > like men, > but that men will begin to think like machines. > > Mugarura. 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