> BTW, that last line is a thinking piece for everyone and not directed > straight at you Sid :)
Better not! :P BTW, I'm not against this campaign, but this campaign puts too much emphasis and attention to Event Finder which I think is not good for the campaign. The similarity to blackout theme is also not doing this campaign a favour. Would be better to create a website/movement that promotes the use of open source and scrutinize how much government is spending on their websites in general, and expose who are milking these money so far. On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Keri Henare <[email protected]> wrote: > > They've never hidden the fact that Eventfinder is behind whynzlive and > as James has said, they're fine competing against other companies, > just not against the government. > > I would be happy for the Government to give a grant to someone trying > to do something along the lines of nzlive, but them doing it > themselves is a different story. > > How would you feel if the Government started a company that competed > with you, was funded by your taxes and was loosing money at a great > rate. > BTW, that last line is a thinking piece for everyone and not directed > straight at you Sid :) > > --------------------------------------------------- > Keri Henare > > [e] [email protected] > [m] 021 874 552 > [w] www.kerihenare.com > > On 29/04/2009, at 10:51 AM, Sid Bachtiar wrote: > >> >> Hi James, >> >> I think the fact that you have interest in Event Finder would make it >> challenging for this "campaign". >> >> Also, the black twitter theme is too much like trying to imitate the >> [successful] "black out" related to section 92A. >> >> Just my 2c. >> >> Regards, >> >> Sid >> >> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:23 AM, James McGlinn >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Off-topic, but maybe you guys will allow me one OT post every so >>> often? All >>> of the sites I'm about to mention are written in PHP :) >>> Many of you will be aware that back in 2006, seven months after >>> Eventfinder >>> launched, the public sector website NZLive.com started up to >>> compete with >>> us. >>> Yesterday we launched a site at http://whynzlive.com to protest the >>> NZ >>> Government's continued spending on duplicating Eventfinder's >>> services and >>> features. >>> We delivered yet another proposal for co-operation to the Minister >>> for Arts, >>> Culture and Heritage in March, but have had no response. >>> Instead, the Ministry has issued an RFP to develop features that are >>> obviously copied from Eventfinder. >>> Would you please pass on this email to raise awareness of the >>> Ministry's >>> actions, and follow us on Twitter to show your support? >>> http://twitter.com/whynzlive >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> James McGlinn >>> __________________________________ >>> CTO >>> Eventfinder Limited >>> Suite 106, Heards Building >>> 2 Ruskin Street, Parnell, Auckland 1052 >>> Phone: +649 365 2342 >>> Mobile: +6421 633 234 >>> >>> [email protected] | www.eventfinder.co.nz >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Blue Horn Ltd - System Development >> http://bluehorn.co.nz >> >> > > > > > > -- Blue Horn Ltd - System Development http://bluehorn.co.nz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
