GNOME Foundation Board election - Reminder to vote

2010-06-10 Thread Tobias Mueller
Dear Foundation Members, I would like to remind you that the time for voting for the candidates is running up. You have the chance to submit your vote by this Sunday, 13th 23:59 UTC. If you have any questions, please send them to electi...@gnome.org. Happy voting, Tobi

Re: question for candidates

2010-06-10 Thread Dodji Seketeli
guido iodice writes: > > Pretty *all* marketing reaserches show that > companies choose FLOSS because this reasons: > > * to escape from vendor lock-in > * to have the possibility to adapt software to their needs > * in general: "flexibility" > Do you have public pointers to some of these market

Re: question for candidates

2010-06-10 Thread guido iodice
Dear Mr.Nocera and Mr.Stallman, as GNOME and FLOSS fan I would like say something about this: RMS: >> Many people have already chosen free software precisely for the sake >> of freedom. So have some national and regional governments. BN: >They chose it first because it matches their requirements

Re: Question for Bastian Nocera

2010-06-10 Thread Richard Stallman
> Also, if Linux is part of GNOME, that would imply it is part of GNU. > I don't think we want to imply that conclusion. I guess that you misunderstood my original mail. That is possible. We need to be able to drain the swamp,