- @floschi … Ach der Spolski. Viel Gezeter aber wenig Resultate. #
- @floschi “unser” Test in #TOSW ist da besser und speziell auf Open Source getrimmt. Spolski hat ja keinen Plan von OS. #
- Can I know ask US for my credit rating? I would trust CIA more than commercial rating agencies
#SWIFT # - @dantheman that *is* stupid. File Bug? #
- @glynmoody wrt paywalls – as long as I am free to publish on my own costs on my own blog – let them ask for money. #
- @dantheman got a BZ #? #
- @janstedehouder dutch framework however is the boldets framework in EU on a national level. #
- @janstedehouder don’t underestimate what it does to other countries. It really helps in promoting OS. #
- @glynmoody time to start a revolution. #
- @glynmoody we are forced to defend ourselves IMHO. Our freedom is under attack. #
- @dantheman they didn’t ask? You really should ask Mandelson or Murdoch to help #
- @glynmoody when ACTA is enforced as-is we will not even be allowed to protest it anymore #
- @glynmoody internet only for consumers that don’t ask and just pay we need a FreedomNet. #
- @glynmoody that leaked document is unbelievable. Indicates how dangerous #ACTA is already. #
- @glynmoody I understand why “they” want to keep it secret. It is a document born in Hell. #
- @glynmoody but we need to also act. Having leaked docs is dandy, protests and written Q’s in a lot of parliaments are next. #
- @glynmoody we need to remind those MP’s that they represent us – not just the industry. #
- @glynmoody wikileaks will be among the first victims, I guess. #ACTA #
- @fabsh you know ubuntards.com? #
- Now who will uncover the M$ link wrt #crunchpad #fail? #conspiracy #sarcasm #
- @fabsh yep, sorry. Take it with some humour, willya? #
- #ubuntards defining GIMP as niche app. Hey guys, Linux is niche too, why not do windows instead? #sarcasm #fail #
- RD @tonnerre I was quite terrified today when I noticed the OpenSuSE package tool is written in #mono #
- With OpenSuSE using #mono for package tool and Ubuntu focusing on F-Spot I am happy that #Fedora cares about freedom. #
- @pietercolpaert they think wrong. Advanced img manip *is* a growing standard act. #
- @pietercolpaert making advanced stuff available to anyone is one of the main topics of OS/FS!! #
- @tonnerre and due to #mono lock-in it cannot re-use GIMp code. #fail. #
- @tonnerre #ubuntards claim that F-Spot can do more. #
- @pietercolpaert don’t underestimate your mother. Why not give her a chance instead of limiting choice? #
- @pietercolpaert you’re claiming F-Spot is more stable? I doubt it. #
- @pietercolpaert oops. Mea culpa. I meant @tonnerre. #
- @fabsh I slighty disagree. Mono will *always* be a problem and an issue. It is managed non-open. #
- @ashcrow mono implements .NET stuff. .NET is defined by M$. The processes that lead to .NET API etc are closed. Qed. No link #
- @ashcrow for me .NET stuff is like JAVA minus community process. Note: openness is more than just a license … #
- @ashcrow ask Miguel de Icaza on how we all can shape .NET stuff he should know … #
- @tuhl but the combined wisdom of community cannot make it better … #
- The Open Source Way goes far beyond licensing software. Sth I hope M$ will learn wrt .NET and mono. #
- @schestowitz wrt XIV – which Linux do they use? Will try to find out. #
- @ruiseabra I signed the petition #
- With the #SWIFT shit agreed, will we get federated access to all financial transactions as #opendata? #sarcasm #
- Will Switzerland now become a target for Al Qaida? *shudder* #
- @pietercolpaert hehe – the parrot is not dead, it just sings in mono #
- Tell the Ubuntu peeps how much you like The GIMP by signing http://www.petitiononline.com/botgimp/petition.html #
- Note2self checking new #twitter followers is a waste of time with a 90+% spammer rate. #
- Spammers are the price of anonymous. The only fix is accountability. I am willing to accept that. #
- @pietercolpaert what!! No starwars? But Matrix? Oh no
# - @knolle I would say that geek is limited to having seen starwars I would suggest script-kiddy for non-SW peeps #
- @pietercolpaert you’ve lost some cred points, dude #
- Beim #SWIFT Abkommen hat die FDP mal wieder eindrucksvoll ihren Papiertigerstatus belegt. #fail #fdp #
- ElReg tells us that #MSFT will monopolize cloud portability before it has started http://ur1.ca/gwc4 #swpat #fail #
- @hmilz no DDoS against Ubuntu. A petition for The GIMP in Ubuntu – that’s it. #
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- Auf zum Deutschen Museum mit den Kids! #
- @sandersch are you spamming us? Malware at that link? #
- @dantheman try the newest blobs from nVidia – they promised they are now Xorg 1.7 compatible. #
- @dantheman *shudder* (as I type this on my non-open BB #
- @glynmoody the “war” of the next years will be federated v centralised data IMHO at least. Sorry, Google #
- @support why are some dents lost when using XMPP? Please fix … #
- @glynmoody full ACK. Ted Nelson might be right after all Xanadu + federated data + web3.0 #
- Fun to note that *a* president in europe still thinks OS/FS is a socialist setup to destroy the world. In 2009! #
- @pietercolpaert no link
# - @bkuhn make that 6, but I am in stealth mode on that The Secret Army Of Shadowmen … and women, @mairin #
- @floeff @floschi and I knew it even longer, very VIP? #
- @tonnerre use the jabber gateway for identi.ca when on mobile. That’s lightweight and fast. Who needs the bling bling? #
- Funny that Dubai’s financial problem is related to something they have plenty of – Desert sand for building islands #
- #FSFE on EIFv2 lobbying http://is.gd/54AZp #
- Neelie becomes commissioner for digital agenda – what is that? #
- I note there is no telco commissioner anymore and reding is now justice. #
- @krisbuytaert don’t ask products, ask for standards. iCal. Interop based on standards, not products! #
- @krisbuytaert compile a list of standards and check which products implement them … #
- @webmink effectively Neelie now rules all electrons that transport information … which is good. #
- With #EIFv2 – I guess we are in #3 or #4 http://www.prwatch.org/node/8699 #
- @lucy IMHO Canonical is (desperately?) Trying to find a business model, hence all those experiments. #
- “I feel that I am being held hostage by the inner clique that runs Canonical. ” – http://is.gd/54Gr7 #
- “It seems that the [Ubuntu] community exists just for PR purposes.” – http://is.gd/54Gr7 #
- @tonnerre holidaywindows is a public tweetscreen at 5th av in a windows shop. #
- @tonnerre so all tweets with the holidaywindows hashtag are shown there #
- @tonnerre yep, but I have one and all dents are synced to twitter anyway #
- @rpcutts seems Google Wave isn’t that cool after all … #
- @glynmoody can I trade my bonus miles for carbon offsets? If all would do sth like that … #
- Traffic jam in Nuremberg. Shit. Need to be in MUC ASAP but will #fail. Police will make trouble. #
- At the police. Lidstening to raunchy songs and LOL. #
- Now they are yodling here at the police. And the beer is goooood! #
- @tonnerre at least it is a redhead that’s yodling #
- Next part of the show at the police is about to start. #
- is #chromeOS in fact just what X-terminals used to be? back to the mainframe that we now call The Cloud? #historyrepeating #
- @webmink so finally the US cavalry weighs in? #
- @webmink note how that article explains proprietary while open source is obvious I like it! #
- Ouch. Dollar is effectively worthless? http://is.gd/53i9Y #
- @sandersch I am at 5.2-5.4 l/100km with my #Prius … #
- @sandersch to be precise: Highway with 130 km/h is 5.4, normal city etc at 5.1. Combined after 60.000km 5.2 #
- thx @glynmoody. Let’s all send our CV!! http://is.gd/53jOz #
- If you s/X Terminal/Google Chrome OS/g here http://is.gd/53jW7 you start to see why I am not impressed with ChromeOS #
- @jplaisne coolness. Global alliance for more open solutions == doubleplusgood! #
- @glynmoody Change happens in that case #
- @sandersch in summer, in the city, I can get to 3.6 l/100km, but that is extreme. #
- Try Linux for a better and safer computer experience #holidaywindows #
- Some Google wave invites in the kitchen, first come, first serve #
- @mcepl yes! it allows me to invite people #
- Why pay less if #Bing makes you pay more? http://is.gd/52pza #MSFT #fail #
- @swardley let canonical do some proper research and then we can talk. #
- @tonnerre because dreaming up numbers is bad practice? #
- @ruiseabra @swardley claims that #ubuntu is #2 in linux server market based on some user surve
ys that would indicate that. # - @glynmoody should we declare ads the currency of the future? #
- @glynmoody the Teracent takeover by Google should tell you something … #
- @carlopiana which raises the fundamental question – what *is* money? Printed paper? TCP/IP packets? currently it is … #
- Allianz AUS: “It’s difficult to move off when you’re chained to the Microsoft stack.” – but it will happen http://is.gd/52tvs #
- @carlopiana if your german is good, you might want to read “Welt Macht Geld” by Georg Zoche. Very interesting book. #
- @carlopiana in our world of fiat money and an economy based on debts, a crisis is normal. But we can make a change using OS methods. #
- @carlopiana in that case you’ll have to wait for the translations to be done … #
- Anglo-American parallels tell me one thing – UK should consider leaving EU and leave us alone in “old europe”. http://ur1.ca/g7l0 #
- LOL ♺ @matwiemann: Record Exec Arrested For Not Tweeting http://is.gd/52wCr #
- @sankarshan clean up the storage? #
- ♺ @caostheory: Extremadura Director General of ICT says open source is fundamental … http://is.gd/52yz6 #EIFv2 #
- Surprise! Patents are not the *only* way to protect your business methods! OMG! http://is.gd/52z5N #
- So #Canonical helps #Google with #ChromeOS. In secret, under closed contracts. That’s so open http://is.gd/52AqW #
- @tuhl ChromeOS != desktop – and Red Hat runs on a lot of corporate desktops, it’s the home user market that we are not focusing on … #
- @alphakamp so NSA helped in drafting a secuirity guide for Windows 7. What’s the deal? They do this for all OS they use … #
- @alphakamp the fact that they did it with some secrecy and vagueness is worrying me a bit. Not much though. #
- @alphakamp and to fill your paranoia – NSA also published security guidelines for #RHEL5 – http://ur1.ca/gfs9 #
- @alphakamp if stuff doesn’t get pushed upstream I *am* worried … #
- @alphakamp and remember – SELinux was also brought to you by the NSA #
- @alphakamp NSA for sure has a lot of tech knowledge and some of it they share. But I also don’t trust everything. #
- @glynmoody ofcourse! And put #Fedora on it #
- @glynmoody llok at how Google sponsors the OLPC and make your conclusion on what the Google netbook will look like … #
- @glynmoody it *will* get hacked. Thats for sure. #
- @glynmoody the OLPC is what you are looking for. Cheap, no hard drive, good display, network connected … #
- @janstedehouder Ik ben uitgenodigd #
- @janstedehouder ik zal erover bloggen #
- @webmink Heart attack risk ‘raised by suppressing anger’ http://bit.ly/8hZGlF – so better not use Windows? #
- RD WELT MACHT GELD Habe soeben das Kapitel “Grundsätzliches” online gestellt:
http://weltmachtgeld.com/wiki/index.php5?title=Grundsätzliches # - An alle: Das Buch kaufen. Hier ein Kapitel vorab zum “anreizen” http://is.gd/52GoO #
- Just updated the google talk app on my BB. Testing. Ignore. #
- Going to meet at least one good ole friend from the php gang this evening. Join us if you want! #munich #
- Coolness! The settlement between Caldera and MSFT wrt DR-DOS. #history http://is.gd/52KLn #
- DK: Rødovre municipality: OpenOffice will be cheaper to maintain http://is.gd/52N6C #
- ROTFL http://is.gd/52NuE #
- BRUUUUHAHA http://is.gd/52NAN #
- @floschi note the M$ comments at the end. Un-be-liev-able. #
- MSFT and Murdoch start to destroy the web to fight Google. What can we learn from this? #
- @pilhuhn your mobster spam is annoying … #
- #ElReg is about right on ChromeOS: http://is.gd/51Ez1 #
- Dear #slashdot – please notice that design patents http://is.gd/51Flv are NOT patents in http://is.gd/51Fnz #
- With #Googlevoice, #GoogleNavigation and #adsense – is it fair to call Google the biggest Spyware Cloud of the world? #sarcasm #
- Starting to read the EU declaration on eGov policy http://is.gd/51Hsl #eifv2 #
- @floschi ofcourse not. But also good to see what is *NOT* in there Seems things are moving in the right direction ATM. #
- @sandersch it worked many times for MSFT to do such things. Even if they smell. To them it seems to be business as usual. #
- @floschi I also blogged about the declaration. #
- How much energy and traffic is wasted by spambots on The Net? Must be significant amount IMHO. Maybe even more as filesharing? #
- @floschi I am abit worried however that EIF is not mentioned at all. #
- @floschi seems DG ENT is taking over the whole interop and eGov thing which is potentially dangerous. #
- @floschi the programme is ISA/IGA. Remember, they met in Malmö and Visby to agree on EIFv2, which didn’t work. #
- ♺ @schestowitz: #SAP #Microsoft Attack on #Java, OpenOffice.org Culminates in Alliance http://is.gd/51LqG #
- How nice. #Apple tells you “you smoke? no warranty for your macbook” geez! http://is.gd/51LZS #
- @carlopiana it was obvious for quite some time to those that know. Funny however that supposedly the objections were leaked via SUN/ORCL … #
- @carlopiana BTW I will be in Milano in december … #
- @floschi need a google wave invite? #
- @floschi DM me your preferred mail address and I will send. #
- @floschi done. You will have to wait max 48 hours before it hits your InBox. #
- @tonnerre Public Domain in Europe (minus UK) is not PD as in US (plus UK). We cannot declare sth public domain. #
- @charlesschulz are you on google wave? #
- ♺ @lessig: A CC report: http://bit.ly/6H0nTA We need your help: http://bit.ly/4qngHt 2day. Pls. #
- Hey, MSFT, how much will you pay to de-list *my* pages from google? Let’s discuss #
- @greve even if I am not german, I did sign #
- @charlesschulz check InBox in the next few hours. #
- @glynmoody looking at the board of directors of #ow2 – is it a chinese group? http://www.ow2.org/view/About/Board#NextBoDMeetings #
- @glynmoody I don’t buy that. Where’s Blackberry traffic? #
- Stupid math 101: From ad traffic imply that it is the same for all traffic. http://ur1.ca/gdn5 #fail #
- @glynmoody http://gs.statcounter.com/#mobile_os-ww-monthly-200910-200910-bar tells a different story … #
- @glynmoody note that BIKT is related to patentfrei, a lobby group working against software patents. The big org is BITKOM and they … #
- @glynmoody … Have always favoured swpat as they are controlled by Siemens and IBM. #
We all remember the discussions around the leaked EIFv2 draft. We know there is a lot of lobbying efforts in the background to make sure the principles of EIFv1 are kept and extended.
So today we see the Ministerial declaration on eGovernment policy. And it does contain some indications on what will likely happen. It’s good news combined with some vagueness.
Here is the part I do like (page 4):
21. Pay particular attention to the benefits resulting from the use of open specifications in order to deliver services in the most cost-effective manner. We will ensure that open specifications are promoted in our national interoperability frameworks in order to lower barriers to the market. We will work to align our national interoperability frameworks with applicable European frameworks. The Open Source model could be promoted for use in eGovernment projects. It is
important to create a level playing field where open competition can take place in order to ensure best value for money.
Now this IS good news. With some vagueness. The good news is that Open Source is recognized as a valid method of developing good solutions. The vagueness is “open specifications”. Why not call for open standards? We will have to wait what exactly is considered an “open specification”. I can tell you what I would like to see as a definition for this:
- Developed and maintained in an open process where anyone can particpate. So no membership fees, expensive travel requirements etc.
- The specification is available to anyone for free, eg by offering it for free as download on the web. Ideally at a central place, so anyone can see and get all open specifications at a one-stop-shop.
- Whatever patents or other so-called “intellectual property” is available on a royalty-free basis to all users and implementors by default and this “IP” is not limited to the specification. This is key. No lock-in based on patents or licenses.
- The implementation and usage must be unlimited. So no per-player or pay-per-view models.
- There must be at least two implementations available, ideally at least one of them Open Source. This to make sure that we have interoperability that can be verified. Single-vendor implementations with no competitive implementation are NOT allowed.
- There must be a validator and test-suite to garantuee conformance, validity, usability and correct interoperability. This test suite etc. must be available under open source license, so that anyone can not only use it but also examine it for correctness.
So now that we now what the ministers think, let’s help them in making EIFv2 the defining framework. It’s up to all of you to assist our politicians to not only talk the talk but also walk the walk.
- @schestowitz can you DM me an email address where we can discuss? #
- Who needs CIA nd NSA when Google collects all the information anyway? #googlevoice #
- Jeff Bezos looking for programmers to create Amazon (this is 1994). #history #coolness http://is.gd/516Ze #
- @glynmoody I think graeme’s blog gets a lot of stuff wrong. #
- @glynmoody he makes no difference between open and non-open. The only open thing for him is public domain. Too radical. #
- @glynmoody greame only works on symptoms, he should read a bit on Keynes and the Bancor system. We need radical changes. #
- @fabsh I like XMPP for identi.ca, works everywhere. #
- @fabsh google talk on my BB, gwibber on the laptop. #
- So let’s relax. Munich zoo with the kids. #
- @tonnerre we will see some young monkeys and swimming pinguins, which my kids tend to call Linuxes #
- Why does identi.ca add some wird UUID to every dent via Jabber? This new (and annoying) #
- @floschi will do #
- So IMHO Google is doing everything wrong with ChromeOS and the GNU/Linux community should ignore it in a vocal way. #
- @rpcutts but it should be invisible metadata – it is annoying when retweeting. Can I cut it? Should I leave it alone? #
- @rpcutts on my blackberry using XMPP via google talk is quite nice … #
- @rpcutts my BB is always on so I get my stream 24/7 remember, BB is multitasking capable unlike stupid iPhone … #
- Defining templates for open source competency centers. Anyone has eexperiences and/or ideas? #
- @floschi a modular template for all of those #
- @robmyers ChromeOS is tivoizing the web IMHO. Dangerous. #
- @robmyers soonish google will add non-standard extensions. EmbraceN extend, extinguish? #