And to think you replied with a gmail address while Google advertised to you and recorded your clicks to make better search results. I quote a quote:
"The concept of using web-based programs like Google's Gmail is "worse than stupidity", according to a leading advocate of free software." http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman Not all of us know how to configure emacs for email... If a tools fits use it. On 19 July 2011 20:54, Chad Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Big Blue Button require Flash? How open > is Flash? > From the Wikipedia entry on Flash: > > "Representing the free software movement, Richard Stallman stated in a > speech on October 2004 that: > > The use of Flash in websites is a major problem for our community." > > Cavalry, dismount high horses. > chad > > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Matthew Brett <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:17 PM, William Waites <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Forwarding since okfn-discuss silently eats messages from >> > non-subscribers >> > >> > ----- Forwarded message from Richard Stallman <[email protected]> ----- >> > >> > Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:33:34 -0400 >> > From: Richard Stallman <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Re: Sysadmin sessions on IRC + skype >> > >> > >> > Helping Skype/Microsoft collect data and encouraging proprietary >> > software seems like a very strange activity for the Open Knowledge >> > Foundation. I cannot help but be extremely disappointed. >> > >> > Data collected by Microsoft, and perhaps handed over to Big Brother, >> > is not open data. It is not what OKFn should promote. >> >> It does seem reasonable to give a large benefit of the doubt to the >> open alternatives. >> >> Are they really so far inferior in quality or usability? >> >> I know each individual choice of closed source can seem minor, but >> they can have a cumulative demoralizing effect. Disappointment is not >> a productive state... >> >> See y'all, >> >> Matthew >> >> _______________________________________________ >> okfn-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss > > _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
