Linus and Alan write on Sunday, and the EU jumps on Monday. Good show, gentlemen!
I very much doubt that it was merely these two citizens who made the difference, considering all the work done by other activists. And as far as the timing is concerned, the whole thing was scheduled for the session taking place this week, so actually Linus and Alan wrote the day before... not the other way round!
Oooh, bizarre Bundeslaender flame war on Slashdot;P
Apple, Adobe, Microsoft
American companies... and if the CSU party (who just got a scary 2/3 majority as most of the posters on this thread probably know) get their way, we can forget any local competition from upstarts and medium sized companies, just to get back to the original topic on Softwate patents.
Don't miss this important application. The supreme communitcation capabilities offered by the Internet helps democratic groups organise themselves better.
Take for example the recent successes in raising awareness against software patents in Europe. A bunch of people connected by telephone would have surely been less successful at reaching so many members of the affected group of society, coordinating lobbying efforts, etc.
Citizens' interest groups with members spread all over the place just need the Net...
Well, the question was whether the Internet is suitable for *everyone* not you or me:
Is the internet suitable for everybody? Will it ever be?
So it does make sense to ask the current Internet users. For example in my experience some people will never be able to cope technically as the current level of requirements (PC ownership, stopping worm infections, etc.) are too high.
I think the governments involved are more interested in using Open source/Free software rather than mandating it to anyone. They suffer the shortcomings of certain commercial software as much as anyone...
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Well, note that Phil does advocate in his article the use of VB instead!
Linus and Alan write on Sunday, and the EU jumps on Monday. Good show, gentlemen!
I very much doubt that it was merely these two citizens who made the difference, considering all the work done by other activists. And as far as the timing is concerned, the whole thing was scheduled for the session taking place this week, so actually Linus and Alan wrote the day before... not the other way round!
Oooh, bizarre Bundeslaender flame war on Slashdot ;P
Apple, Adobe, Microsoft
American companies... and if the CSU party (who just got a scary 2/3 majority as most of the posters on this thread probably know) get their way, we can forget any local competition from upstarts and medium sized companies, just to get back to the original topic on Softwate patents.
-Chris, who grew up in a Bavarian village
Don't miss this important application. The supreme communitcation capabilities offered by the Internet helps democratic groups organise themselves better.
Take for example the recent successes in raising awareness against software patents in Europe. A bunch of people connected by telephone would have surely been less successful at reaching so many members of the affected group of society, coordinating lobbying efforts, etc.
Citizens' interest groups with members spread all over the place just need the Net...
Well, the question was whether the Internet is suitable for *everyone* not you or me:
Is the internet suitable for everybody? Will it ever be?
So it does make sense to ask the current Internet users. For example in my experience some people will never be able to cope technically as the current level of requirements (PC ownership, stopping worm infections, etc.) are too high.
I think the governments involved are more interested in using Open source/Free software rather than mandating it to anyone. They suffer the shortcomings of certain commercial software as much as anyone...