Re: Windows-only software in government

2008-03-04 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
Liam R E Quin wrote: Some arguments that go down well are * the need to archive * the need for accessibility * the need to repurpose information (e.g. print, Web, search...) * the need to control costs * the need to have control over core technology, to use trusted software * the need to

Re: Windows-only software in government

2008-03-04 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
Richard Stallman wrote: Is the question really Why the government should not require the public to be a Microsoft customer in order to deal with their government? Presenting it that way would make a stronger point. Yes, thank you, that is better! I've updated the wiki. - Mike

A word of thanks

2008-03-04 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Have been meaning to do this for a while. This is just a word of thanks to the Foundation Board for approving a tidy amount that came handy for swag in India. Right through foss.in to a smaller set of events in February (GNUnify, FOSSKriti, freed.in)

Re: A word of thanks

2008-03-04 Thread Behdad Esfahbod
On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 20:19 +0530, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: Have been meaning to do this for a while. This is just a word of thanks to the Foundation Board for approving a tidy amount that came handy for swag in India. Right through foss.in to a smaller set of events in February

GNOME @ Google Summer of Code 2008

2008-03-04 Thread Lucas Rocha
Hi all, As you probably know, Google is organizing one more edition of their Summer of Code (GSoC) program. More information about the program can be found here: http://code.google.com/soc/2008/ GNOME has participated in all GSoC editions as a mentoring organization with some nice results in

GNOME Foundation and Mozilla Foundation join forces

2008-03-04 Thread Vincent Untz
GNOME Foundation and Mozilla Foundation join forces === The GNOME Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation announced today that they will increase their collaboration to improve developer support and user experience of desktop applications on GNU/Linux

Re: GNOME Foundation and Mozilla Foundation join forces

2008-03-04 Thread Thomas Thurman
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:13:38PM +0100, Vincent Untz wrote: * Mozilla reaffirms its commitment to integrating with the GNOME platform for the XUL development platform, and for Mozilla Firefox. a) This sounds nifty. b) What will this mean for Ephy? peace T -- Thomas Thurman,

Re: GNOME Foundation and Mozilla Foundation join forces

2008-03-04 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Thomas Thurman wrote: On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 10:13:38PM +0100, Vincent Untz wrote: * Mozilla reaffirms its commitment to integrating with the GNOME platform for the XUL development platform, and for Mozilla Firefox. a) This sounds nifty. b) What will this mean for Ephy?

Re: GNOME Foundation and Mozilla Foundation join forces

2008-03-04 Thread Og Maciel
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There may come a day when Epiphany's reason for being (a web browser well integrated into GNOME) with go away, and Firefox will naturally be the default on all distros. That day may never arrive. /me cries a bit. -- Og B.

Re: Windows-only software in government

2008-03-04 Thread Ciaran O'Riordan
Richard Stallman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So if you want a research grant from the European Union, you're forced to be using Windows... More precisely, you're forced to use Windows plus the EC's proprietary editor -or- GNU/Linux plus VMware plus the EC's proprietary editor.