French Data Network (FDN), an associated web access provider who is fighting against the centralization and the control over the internet, has had its Internet cut off on March 30, by Vivendi/SFR.

Thomas Lord: «...The more urgent issue concerns the emerging W3C-based world: what will GNU have to offer there?» --
Miles Bader: «Hopefully, an alternative...» --

"...Richard Stallman expose his vision in front of the France 3 television camera. Expressing himself in a perfect french, he explains that free software (NOT open source, which is different) englobes ideas « Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité ».

RMS: « Free Software can be summarized in three simple words: Liberté, égalité, fraternité».

"Dion Almaer is a name you will find 80,700 results for when searching on Google, so it is clear that people know how Dion Almaer is however, let's kick this interview of with, like the shower scene in a slasher movie, the obligatory first question, who is Dion Almaer? ..." --

"A short screencast demonstrating the use of Rinari (an Emacs minor-mode for rails development).

Patrick Le Lay: « TF1's business is to help Coca-Cola sell its products. For an advert to be effective, the viewer's brain has to be available. Our programmes are made so that their brain becomes available, that is to say to entertain them, make them feel relaxed to get them ready between two commercials.

"Emacs is a text editor which is far more powerful than most of its users realize. It can be (1) customized extensively to suit one's needs, (2) automated to save time and reduce tedium, and (3) extended to do virtually anything.

RMS: « UK conservatives say they will end the surveillance state, but their manifesto fails to address many of the worst forms of surveillance. » — see laso: A Free Digital Society —