Hi Richard,

I am happy for you. I tried a re-install again last evening and still no
luck. I will have have another go again this evening.

Cheers


Chris


On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 10:04 +0300, Richard Okuti wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Solved, this was exciting, was trying to reinstall office all night
> and then I tried something with fonts after Simon Vass advised that
> the problem may be related to the font....
> 
> I discovered that some fonts make the display (of menus) un-viewable
> otherwise I changed the application fonts and wala the sun was shining
> again...
> 
> Just so that you note.
> 
> On 5 May 2010 13:01, Richard Okuti <[email protected]> wrote:
>         Hi Chris,
>         
>         I am having a tricky problem on my machine just completed the
>         upgrade and the menu's are showing boxes for some areas.... Eg
>         Open, file etc?
>         
>         Kinda stuck!
>         
>         
>         
>         On 5 May 2010 12:55, Chris R. Kasangaki <[email protected]>
>         wrote:
>                 Hi Andrew,
>                 
>                 
>                 Last night I got hold of a copy of Lucid Lynx from
>                 Tracy at EACOSS.
>                 However, I was terribly dissappointed because it could
>                 not run on my
>                 hardware. It reminded me of our Redmond friends where
>                 you have to
>                 upgrade hardware every time you upgrade your OS. I
>                 suppose, lucid is
>                 then a good alternative to Vista or 7!!
>                 
>                 Incidentally, this is not the case with my favourite
>                 Debian. I have
>                 always managed to install new Debian versions on older
>                 hardware; never
>                 needing to upgrade with the upgrade. I was tempted to
>                 ask myself if
>                 Ubuntu is copying some of the bad habits of our
>                 neighbours!!!
>                 
>                 That said I still want to give it a test run and
>                 discover what the hype
>                 is all about. In the meantime I still sing the praises
>                 of Debian lenny,
>                 for like Guiness, it is filled with goodness to the
>                 core.
>                 
>                 Ciao
>                 
>                 Chris
>                 
>                 
>                 On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 11:27 +0300, andrew latimer
>                 bwogi wrote:
>                 > THANKS jANOSCH
>                 >
>                 >
>                 > On Wed, 2010-05-05 at 11:09 +0300,
>                 [email protected] wrote:
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>                 > >
>                 > >    1. Re: Re: LUG Digest, Vol 69, Issue 6 (Janosch
>                 Maier)
>                 > >    2. Re: Re: LUG Digest, Vol 69, Issue 6 (Janosch
>                 Maier)
>                 > >    3. Bloomberg: Adobe Complained to Feds (Sanga
>                 Collins)
>                 > >    4. [OT]Bill gates 1999 vs Steve jobs 2010
>                 (Sanga Collins)
>                 > >    5. Re: LUG Digest, Vol 69, Issue 12 (andrew
>                 latimer bwogi)
>                 > >
>                 > >
>                 > >
>                 
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>                 > >
>                 > > Message: 1
>                 > > Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 13:35:57 +0300
>                 > > From: Janosch Maier <[email protected]>
>                 > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 69, Issue 6
>                 > > To: [email protected]
>                 > > Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>                 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>                 > >
>                 > > Hi Bwogi,
>                 > >
>                 > > On 03.05.2010 17:35, andrew latimer bwogi wrote:
>                 > > > I have one issue though! i have a number of
>                 applications i want to throw
>                 > > > and compile in the /opt directory but i cant log
>                 on as root via
>                 > > > #su root
>                 > > > then i enter the password and wala, like on
>                 other systems. Please
>                 > > > Advise.
>                 > >
>                 > > You can without setting a root password get a root
>                 shell (only when you
>                 > > are in the admin group) with the command: su -s
>                 > > Enter your user password and it is there.
>                 > >
>                 > > Regards Janosch
>                 > > --
>                 > > Janosch Maier <[email protected]> --
>                 http://phynformatik.de
>                 > > This E-Mais is signed via GnuPG
>                 <http://gnupg.org/>. My public key:
>                 > > 0xEB21B1DE
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>                 > >
>                 > > Message: 2
>                 > > Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 13:47:03 +0300
>                 > > From: Janosch Maier <[email protected]>
>                 > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 69, Issue 6
>                 > > To: [email protected]
>                 > > Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>                 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>                 > >
>                 > > On 04.05.2010 13:35, Janosch Maier wrote:
>                 > > > You can without setting a root password get a
>                 root shell (only when you
>                 > > > are in the admin group) with the command: su -s
>                 > >
>                 > > Sorry, i meant sudo -s
>                 > >
>                 > > --
>                 > > Janosch Maier <[email protected]> --
>                 http://phynformatik.de
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>                 > >
>                 > > Message: 3
>                 > > Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 20:21:47 -0400
>                 > > From: Sanga Collins <[email protected]>
>                 > > Subject: [LUG] Bloomberg: Adobe Complained to Feds
>                 > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]>
>                 > > Message-ID:
>                 <[email protected]>
>                 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp"
>                 > >
>                 > > Bloomberg:
>                 > >
>                 > > U.S. antitrust enforcers are considering an
>                 investigation of Apple
>                 > > Inc. following a complaint from Adobe Systems
>                 Inc., according to
>                 > > people familiar with the matter.
>                 > >
>                 > > Adobe says Apple is stifling competition by
>                 barring developers from
>                 > > using Adobe’s products to create applications for
>                 iPhones and
>                 > > iPads, said the people who spoke on condition of
>                 anonymity because
>                 > > they aren’t authorized to discuss the case.
>                 > >
>                 > > Surprise, surprise.
>                 > >
>                 > >   ★
>                 > >
>                 > >
>                 > >
>                 
> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=asdIuYfRt_7U
>                 > >
>                 > >
>                 > >
>                 > >
>                 > > Sent from my iPhone
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>                 > > ------------------------------
>                 > >
>                 > > Message: 4
>                 > > Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 20:24:23 -0400
>                 > > From: Sanga Collins <[email protected]>
>                 > > Subject: [LUG] [OT]Bill gates 1999 vs Steve jobs
>                 2010
>                 > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]>
>                 > > Message-ID:
>                 <[email protected]>
>                 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp"
>                 > >
>                 > > Bill Gates:
>                 > >
>                 > > “Microsoft has a lot of different tablet projects
>                 that
>                 > > we’re pursuing. We think that work with the pen
>                 that Microsoft
>                 > > pioneered will become a mainstream for students.
>                 It can give you a
>                 > > device that you can not only read, but also create
>                 documents at the
>                 > > same time.”
>                 > >
>                 > > Steve Jobs:
>                 > >
>                 > > “If you see a stylus, they blew it.”
>                 > >
>                 > >   ★
>                 > >
>                 > >
>                 > >
>                 
> http://www.cultofmac.com/bill-gates-pen-based-tablets-will-beat-the-ipad-at-least-with-students/41614
>                 > >
>                 > >
>                 > >
>                 > >
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>                 > > ------------------------------
>                 > >
>                 > > Message: 5
>                 > > Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 11:08:11 +0300
>                 > > From: andrew latimer bwogi
>                 <[email protected]>
>                 > > Subject: [LUG] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 69, Issue 12
>                 > > To: [email protected]
>                 > > Message-ID: <1273046891.2824.0.ca...@bwogi-laptop>
>                 > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>                 > >
>                 > > Thanks Peter.
>                 > >
>                 > > On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 10:40 +0300,
>                 [email protected] wrote:
>                 > > > Send LUG mailing list submissions to
>                 > > >   [email protected]
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>                 body 'help' to
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>                 > > >    1. Re: Re: LUG Digest, Vol 69, Issue 6 (Peter
>                 Kyoma)
>                 > > >
>                 > > >
>                 > > >
>                 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>                 > > >
>                 > > > Message: 1
>                 > > > Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 10:39:58 +0300
>                 > > > From: Peter Kyoma <[email protected]>
>                 > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 69, Issue
>                 6
>                 > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]>
>                 > > > Message-ID:
>                 > > >
>                 
> <[email protected]>
>                 > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>                 > > >
>                 > > > *Sudo su -    (Note hyphen at the end)*
>                 > > >
>                 > > > That allows you to get to the root prompt minus
>                 a root password(you have to
>                 > > > supply yours as is normally the case with sudo)
>                 and avoid the constant *sudo
>                 > > > this* and* sudo that* for each command.
>                 > > > Regards,
>                 > > > Peter.
>                 > > >
>                 > > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Reinier
>                 Battenberg <
>                 > > > [email protected]> wrote:
>                 > > >
>                 > > > >
>                 > > > > You can
>                 > > > >
>                 > > > > sudo passwd root
>                 > > > >
>                 > > > > and then root has a password.
>                 > > > >
>                 > > > > Or you can just sudo all your commands. (which
>                 is the preferable way)
>                 > > > >
>                 > > > >
>                 > > > > --
>                 > > > > rgds,
>                 > > > >
>                 > > > > Reinier Battenberg
>                 > > > > Director
>                 > > > > Mountbatten Ltd.
>                 > > > > +256 758 801 749
>                 > > > > www.mountbatten.net
>                 > > > >
>                 > > > >
>                 > > > >
>                 > > > >
>                 > > > > On Monday 03 May 2010 17:35:30 andrew latimer
>                 bwogi wrote:
>                 > > > > > Guys, i am flying with the lucid version of
>                 Ubuntu. I haven't been a
>                 > > > > > Debian person but...
>                 > > > > > now that i am running office 2007
>                 seamlessly, two virtual machines of
>                 > > > > > Windows XP and Suse Linux enterprise
>                 server(SLES 11) on my Athlon II
>                 > > > > > (read core2duo for the intel guys), the
>                 windows version of Sam Spade
>                 > > > > > (interesting tool) also working on this
>                 beautiful (wobbling windows and
>                 > > > > > 3d revolving gnome desktop plus plus... )
>                 system. i am officially
>                 > > > > > 'getting' converted from an obsession of
>                 Suse to Debian like Linux ops,
>                 > > > > > most especially Ubuntu.
>                 > > > > >
>                 > > > > > Chris Kasangaki must be enjoying this...
>                 Zzzzz. Seriously, these guys
>                 > > > > > are serious.
>                 > > > > >
>                 > > > > > Can you believe that i can even open my
>                 Microsoft HTML HELP executable
>                 > > > > > books (O'Reilly and other publishers) on
>                 this system without a hassle!!!
>                 > > > > > Guys...
>                 > > > > >
>                 > > > > >
>                 > > > > > I have one issue though! i have a number of
>                 applications i want to throw
>                 > > > > > and compile in the /opt directory but i cant
>                 log on as root via
>                 > > > > > #su root
>                 > > > > > then i enter the password and wala, like on
>                 other systems. Please
>                 > > > > > Advise.
>                 > > > > >
>                 > > > > > Bwogi
>                 > > > > >
>                 > > > > > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 14:34 +0300,
>                 [email protected] wrote:
>                 > > > > > > Send LUG mailing list submissions to
>                 > > > > > >     [email protected]
>                 > > > > > >
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>                 Wide Web, visit
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>                 > > > > > > or, via email, send a message with subject
>                 or body 'help' to
>                 > > > > > >     [email protected]
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>                 > > > > > >
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>                 > > > > > > Today's Topics:
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >    1. OT: PSTN (POTS) card (joseph mpora)
>                 > > > > > >    2. Re: Ubuntu Release Party (Kyle
>                 Spencer)
>                 > > > > > >    3. Re: Guzzlers' Pub not found (Kyle
>                 Spencer)
>                 > > > > > >    4. Re: Guzzlers' Pub not found (John
>                 Kibuuka)
>                 > > > > > >    5. Re: Adobe responds to steve[OT]
>                 (Christopher Nambale)
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Message: 1
>                 > > > > > > Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 12:19:09 +0300
>                 > > > > > > From: joseph mpora <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Subject: [LUG] OT: PSTN (POTS) card
>                 > > > > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda
>                 <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Message-ID:
>                 > > > > > >
>                 
> <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain;
>                 charset=ISO-8859-1
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Anyone with PCI PSTN cards in stock? Am
>                 interested in an analogue FXO
>                 > > > > > > card. Please contact me offlist.
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Joseph Mpora
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > ------------------------------
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Message: 2
>                 > > > > > > Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 12:27:10 +0300
>                 > > > > > > From: Kyle Spencer <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Ubuntu Release Party
>                 > > > > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda
>                 <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Message-ID:
>                 <1272878830.6871.854.ca...@it-manager>
>                 > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Steen,
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > It was great to see you.  I'm glad to hear
>                 that you enjoyed the event.
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > If you have any questions about
>                 Ubuntu/Linux, don't hesitate to ask!
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Regards,
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Kyle Spencer,
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > On Sun, 2010-05-02 at 09:47 +0300, Steen
>                 Andersen wrote:
>                 > > > > > > > Hi Simon and Kyle.
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for a great event.
>                 > > > > > > > Being new in Kampala it was really nice
>                 to meet so many dedicated
>                 > > > > > > > people.
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > I went home and installed Luci on my
>                 laptop the same evening. It took
>                 > > > > > > > approximately 30 minutes, and I was up
>                 and running. GREAT.
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > Thursday I had spend 10 hours upgrading
>                 from Vista to 7 on the same
>                 > > > > > > > computer! (Then 7 updates all my
>                 existing applications, which also
>                 > > > > > > > takes quite some time).
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > Does anybody know if there is a serious
>                 open source alternative to
>                 > > > > > > > AutoCad for Ubuntu?
>                 > > > > > > > (I have a friend who is an architect who
>                 wants to run all his stuff
>                 > > > > > > > with Open Source)
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > Steen
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > >
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>                 > > > > > > Message: 3
>                 > > > > > > Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 12:28:34 +0300
>                 > > > > > > From: Kyle Spencer <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Guzzlers' Pub not found
>                 > > > > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda
>                 <[email protected]>
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>                 > > > > > > Janosch,
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Glad to hear you got it working!  Thanks
>                 for all your help at the
>                 > > > > event.
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > -Kyle
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 11:57 +0300, Janosch
>                 Maier wrote:
>                 > > > > > > > On 01.05.2010 00:37, Simon Vass wrote:
>                 > > > > > > > > Sorry I had hoped the OpenStreetMap
>                 links Kyle posted would
>                 > > > > suffice,
>                 > > > > > > > > plus the reference to it being next
>                 door to UCC's new head
>                 > > > > quarters.
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > I found it without any problems, even
>                 though I have not been in this
>                 > > > > > > > area of Kampala before.
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > Thank you (especially Simon and Kyle)
>                 very much for the great release
>                 > > > > > > > party. Hope to see you guys again soon.
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > As my upgrade from 9.10 did not work (I
>                 only got a kernel panic
>                 > > > > > > > afterwards) I am running a fresh Lucid
>                 now. It is great ;-)
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > Regards
>                 > > > > > > > Janosch
>                 > > > > > > >
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>                 > > > > > > ------------------------------
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Message: 4
>                 > > > > > > Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 13:30:35 +0300
>                 > > > > > > From: John Kibuuka <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Guzzlers' Pub not found
>                 > > > > > > To: [email protected], Linux Users Group
>                 Uganda <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Message-ID:
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>                 
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>                 > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain;
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>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > It was a great party & the questions...
>                 ooh there were so many. We
>                 > > > > never
>                 > > > > > > quite exhausted all of them.
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > I would suggest we could arrange to just
>                 sit there and ask random linux
>                 > > > > > > questions... kill off most anti-open
>                 source fears that users here have.
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > The turnout was great. I never saw such a
>                 number of girls turning out
>                 > > > > at
>                 > > > > > > the LUG before, not mentioning the Sir Tim
>                 event. I couldn't help
>                 > > > > smiling
>                 > > > > > > at the thought of picking up a
>                 linux-geek-chick ;-)
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Great party guys! Keep it up!
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > John
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Kyle
>                 Spencer <[email protected]> wrote:
>                 > > > > > > > Janosch,
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > Glad to hear you got it working!  Thanks
>                 for all your help at the
>                 > > > > > > > event.
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > -Kyle
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > On Mon, 2010-05-03 at 11:57 +0300,
>                 Janosch Maier wrote:
>                 > > > > > > > > On 01.05.2010 00:37, Simon Vass wrote:
>                 > > > > > > > > > Sorry I had hoped the OpenStreetMap
>                 links Kyle posted would
>                 > > > > > > > > > suffice,
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > plus the reference to it being next door
>                 to UCC's new head quarters.
>                 > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > > I found it without any problems, even
>                 though I have not been in
>                 > > > > this
>                 > > > > > > > > area of Kampala before.
>                 > > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > > Thank you (especially Simon and Kyle)
>                 very much for the great
>                 > > > > release
>                 > > > > > > > > party. Hope to see you guys again
>                 soon.
>                 > > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > > As my upgrade from 9.10 did not work
>                 (I only got a kernel panic
>                 > > > > > > > > afterwards) I am running a fresh Lucid
>                 now. It is great ;-)
>                 > > > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > > > Regards
>                 > > > > > > > > Janosch
>                 > > > > > > > >
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>                 > > > > > > Message: 5
>                 > > > > > > Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 04:34:06 -0700 (PDT)
>                 > > > > > > From: Christopher Nambale
>                 <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Adobe responds to
>                 steve[OT]
>                 > > > > > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda
>                 <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Message-ID:
>                 <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain;
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>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > I beg to disagree. Indeed, I think this
>                 debate is healthy in a way.
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > While SJhas a rightdo whatever he wants to
>                 make more money, it is
>                 > > > > > > hypocritical of him to support openness
>                 only when it suits him. His
>                 > > > > > > defense on why they don't use flash on
>                 their products should have stuck
>                 > > > > > > to the technical details, he shouldn't
>                 have made any reference to
>                 > > > > > > openness to quote "Though the operating
>                 system for the iPhone, iPod and
>                 > > > > > > iPad is proprietary, we strongly believe
>                 that all standards pertaining
>                 > > > > to
>                 > > > > > > the web should be open."
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Perhaps more interesting was his admission
>                 thatclosedsystems leaveyou
>                 > > > > at
>                 > > > > > > the mercy of theowner:
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > "If developers grow dependent on third
>                 party development libraries and
>                 > > > > > > tools, they can only take advantage of
>                 platform enhancements if and
>                 > > > > when
>                 > > > > > > the third party chooses to adopt the new
>                 features. We cannot be at the
>                 > > > > > > mercy of a third party deciding if and
>                 when they will make our
>                 > > > > > > enhancements available to our developers."
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Hello Mr SJ if you are so averse to being
>                 at the mercy of others what
>                 > > > > > > about the people who buy your products
>                 whose use ofthese productsis
>                 > > > > > > restricted to only the features you choose
>                 to support at that time, how
>                 > > > > > > differentis this?
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > If it makes technical and business sense
>                 for them to rejectFlash on
>                 > > > > their
>                 > > > > > > products so be it, let him turn away those
>                 clients who need Flash for
>                 > > > > > > now, what he shouldn't do is to try to
>                 justify it in the court of
>                 > > > > public
>                 > > > > > > opinion. Perhaps to better understand his
>                 motivation in this debate
>                 > > > > > > please read:
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > >
>                 
> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:iHqf7jhi51QJ:tech.fo
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > >
>                 
> rtune.cnn.com/2010/02/19/why-is-steve-jobs-flash-obsessed/+steve+jobs+flas
>                 > > > > > >h&cd=5&hl=nl&ct=clnk&gl=nl
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > CN
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > --- On Mon, 5/3/10, Paul Bagyenda
>                 <[email protected]> wrote:
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > From: Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Subject: Re: [LUG] Adobe responds to
>                 steve[OT]
>                 > > > > > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda"
>                 <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Date: Monday, May 3, 2010, 12:56 AM
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > Oh my! That Ass Technica writer fails to
>                 win by volume! SJ will
>                 > > > > champion
>                 > > > > > > what best brings cash into his account. If
>                 that promotes the free/open
>                 > > > > > > religion, then that is purely accidental
>                 even if it's good. This guy
>                 > > > > gets
>                 > > > > > > it:
>                 > > > >
>                 
> http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2010/04/29/jobs_on_flash/#c_75
>                 > > > > > >2789
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > On May 02, 2010, at 20:02, Christopher
>                 Nambale wrote:
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > And FSF's 'non of the above'
>                 recommendation.
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > >
>                 
> http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/pot-meet-kettle-a-response-to-s
>                 > > > > > >teve-jobs-letter-on-flash.ars
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > CN
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > --- On Sun, 5/2/10, Richard Zulu
>                 <[email protected]> wrote:
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > > From: Richard Zulu <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Subject: [LUG] Adobe responds to steve[OT]
>                 > > > > > > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda"
>                 <[email protected]>
>                 > > > > > > Date: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 1:27 AM
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 > > > > > >
>                 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10093314.stm
>                 > > > > >
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