Re: Ethical technology recommendation for a small clinic's website

2024-05-22 Thread Lars Noodén via libreplanet-discuss
On 5/22/24 14:01, Jorge P. de Morais Neto wrote: [snip] Do you recommend specific ethical (libre) technology for the new website? Yes, I would recommend looking at some of the static site generators. In the previous thread, alimiracle has recommended: WordPress: A widely-used content

Re: Microsoft's revenue structure

2024-05-18 Thread Lars Noodén via libreplanet-discuss
On 5/16/24 03:27, Akira Urushibata wrote: For many years the Microsoft's core product were operating systems: MS/DOS and Windows. It is remarkable that revenue from operation systems has dropped to a mere 10% That OS income was back in the 1990s. Even then it was built on monopoly rents and

Re: Microsoft's revenue structure

2024-05-18 Thread Lars Noodén via libreplanet-discuss
On 5/17/24 01:09, J Leslie Turriff via libreplanet-discuss wrote: On 2024-05-14 20:49:08 Marc Sunet wrote: Which reminds me, how is it still legal for an OEM to ship a "default" OS in a computer without giving the customer any choice, esp. with BIOSes that now often don't let you boot a

Re: Non-free software for identifying mushrooms

2024-04-02 Thread Lars Noodén via libreplanet-discuss
On 3/30/24 01:06, Akira Urushibata wrote: [snip] Another issue I would like to raise is that many people erroneously believe that "artificial intelligence" is an improved form of software. Conventional programs are accurate when properly written, but "AI" systems work on a different principle

Re: New article: "Web Environment Integrity" is an all-out attack on the free Internet

2023-08-02 Thread Lars Noodén
On 8/2/23 16:10, Devin Ulibarri wrote: Hi, In case you missed it, here is the latest DRM-related article by FSF campaigns manager Greg Farough. https://www.defectivebydesign.org/blog/web_environment_integrity_is_an_all_out_attack_on_free_internet [snip] Excellent. Increasing the new

FSF statement on RHEL policy change?

2023-06-28 Thread Lars Noodén
Several sites have been covering IBM's change to the workflow and licensing concerning RHEL and management of the relevant source code. I'll point to Jeff Geerling's blog about that since he has already adapted his own work flow accordingly:

Re: The role of FOSS in preventing a recurrence of vehicle emissions scandals

2023-05-11 Thread Lars Noodén
On 5/9/23 07:32, J.B. Nicholson wrote: [snip] The punishment for this fraud did not include mandating free software. As far as I know, none of the victimized customers ended up with free software car firmware and the means to update applicable cars to a libre version of that software (no

Re: What shall be recommended to Cambridge Public Library for replacing CPL use of Zoom?

2023-05-08 Thread Lars Noodén
On 5/7/23 18:04, Don Saklad wrote: What shall be recommended to Cambridge Public Library for replacing CPL use of Zoom? I would look into BigBlueButton or Jitsi-Meet. Those can be self-hosted or outsourced, depending on what the CPL is interested in. /Lars

The role of FOSS in preventing a recurrence of vehicle emissions scandals

2023-05-08 Thread Lars Noodén
Recent news¹ reminds us that back in 2015 a whistleblower exposed the VW/Audi emissions scandal, which I guess had been going on since 1999. The companies executives used closed source, proprietary software in the vehicles to hide the fact that the vehicles were emitting 40 times the allowed NOx

Re: Wikipedia extolled as an aide for getting history correct

2022-06-18 Thread Lars Noodén
On 6/17/22 00:46, Akira Urushibata wrote: [snip] Has anybody been monitoring the Wikipedia article on the "Linux" operating system? As stated above I notice that it is constantly evolving. I see the need to examine the article and the "GNU/Linux" naming ordeal from an objective perspective.

Re: Software Freedom in education (was Re: very specific project proposal Re: What does Elon Musk say about free software?)

2022-05-13 Thread Lars Noodén
On 5/13/22 21:05, Erica Frank wrote: [snip] And if they ask on Stack Exchange or Stack Overflow, newbie > questions are often faced with reactions like "question closed" followed by a link to another question that they do not understand as similar to theirs. The reactions to complaints about

Software Freedom in education (was Re: very specific project proposal Re: What does Elon Musk say about free software?)

2022-05-13 Thread Lars Noodén
I fully support building curricula on Free Software exclusively, or as close to that as possible with an eye towards achieving 100% in the near future. RMS wrote an essay around 20 years ago, "Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software" [1], which could still serve as a signpost for the

Overlap between the Software Freedom movement and the Right to Repair?

2021-04-29 Thread Lars Noodén
In what ways, if any, do people consider it feasible for the Right To Repair and Software Freedom groups collaborate on the specific areas where there is overlap? If this has been discussed before please point me to the relevant archives. I've listened to a recent monologue and a short