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Free Software Day Around The World
depechemodem writes "In a follow-up to Microsoft Leaves U.N. Standards Group, it appears that it may have been in reaction to the UN's sponsorship of the 1st annual Software Freedom Day in which its International Open Source Network (IOSN) will educate Asian users on the benefits
of Free and Open source Software (FOSS). FOSS promotes several high-profile applications including OpenOffice, Mozilla, MySQL, and Apache." An anonymous reader says of the U.N. effort, "Events will be organised in Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam on Saturday, August 28th." According to another anonymous reader, "Go Open Source, funded by the Shuttleworth Foundation and HP, expects up to 10,000 visitors at the various Linux install-fests around South Africa this Saturday, says the Mail & Guardian."
Join us now and share the software;
You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.
x2
Hoarders may get piles of money,
That is true, hackers, that is true.
But they cannot help their neighbors;
That's not good, hackers, that's not good.
When we have enough free software
At our call, hackers, at our call,
We'll throw out those dirty licenses
Ever more, hackers, ever more.
Join us now and share the software;
You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free.
x2
I'f love to have free pubic stuff done to me too!
What would happen if other things in the world were free?
i'd be drunk 24/7
What would happen if other things in the world were free? What if budding designers and contractors demostrated their skills by building free pubic buildings?
Listen, I NEVER pay for pubic building! Right?
May I use your sig please?
Events will be organised in Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
I think it's a good thing that they are focusing on poverty-stricken developing nations where computers are rare... like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and New Zealand.
What if budding designers and contractors demostrated their skills by building free pubic buildings?
What, like short dark and curly houses?
I hereby declare today to be the 0th annual Naked At Work Day!
or ...
I hereby declare today to be the 0th annual Geeks Get All The Chicks Day!
or ...
I hereby declare today to be the 0th annual World Peace And Perfect Harmony Day!
Wow, this is fun!
There will be typing and spelling competitions too :)
I hate to say it, but with BitTorrent and other various programs, every day is "Free Software Day".
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, START
GO GO SOURCE RANGERS, MIGHTY COMPILIN' SOURCE RANGERS!
wouldn't that be us gentoo users? not mandrake ones?
damn lameness filter!!!! from hells heart i stab at thee!
I think it's awful that a celebration of free software is stooping to hard-coding the number. Instead, every year should be "nth annual software Freedom Day".
-Stephen
i'd be drunk 24/7
Oh, ye of little imagination!
I'd take a plane to a country where prostitution is legal, and rent an apartment next door to the best brothel in town.
i'd be drunk 24/7
In other words, nothing would change?
So, we have an event supposedly devoted to "freedom" being sponsored by a group comprised of representatives from corrupt dictatorships?
Nonono ! This is all wrong ! Here on Slashdot we are supposed to talk about doing things, not actually do them !
I do of course hope its a success
Its just one example of illogical phrases.
YM "it's".
That explains how, after we inaugurate a president they work for one day, and then ski, golf, and go horseback riding till the next year. Maybe we should "initiate" presidents instead.
The "cue the foo posts in 3, 2, 1..." posts will commence with no subsequent foo posts in 3, 2, 1...
Maybe the UN should sponsor their own Linux distribution. They could call it "UN-ix".
Oh, wait a minute...
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Well, he could finally afford Heineken...
I resent that!
I'm, a natural blonde, you know...