OOXML is a topic that revives many bitter memories for the Free Software Community. Should any semi-official body be attempting to force it on us, now?
Read more »European IT authorities want better OOXML in Libre/OpenOffice
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Microsoft CEO crashes and burns in final CES keynote
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Ballmer looks to be coked out of his brain and high as a kite on laughing gas as he rocks along with the.....Tweet Choir(??).....at his, hopefully, final CES.
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Miguel de Icaza Calls For More Mono, C# Games
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He's always there, always waiting to integrate his .NET applications into genuine Free Software. The price of Freedom is eternal vigilance.
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Windows 8 Will Have a “Kill Switch”
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Use only FOSS. Treat all proprietary software like it's carrying Bubonic Plague, or worse.
“You have someone who has absolute control over my hard drive in ways I may have never anticipated or consented to,” says Eric Goldman, director of the High Tech Law Institute.
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Kernel Comment: Btrfs too fast?
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Larry Ellison is placing the good name in the enterprise of RHEL and GNU/Linux at risk by rushing the experimental Btrfs into prime time. Can he be trusted to take such a potentially disastrous step?
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Feds Seized Website For a Year Without "Piracy" Proof
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized a website based on RIAA claims of copyright infringement. They held it for a year before giving it back due to lack of evidence.The RIAA has declined to comment. These MAFIAA powertrips must end!
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Why There is so Much Hostility to Free Software?
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A call for feedback and ideas. The free software community has been around for quite some time now. For some reason, though that time seems to have been spent on good works that benefit humanity, and advocacy that teaches people how to be free, the movement is sometimes the object of some hostility. Why?
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Cloud lack of security leads to wiping devices
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A guy had his spyPhone, macbook and other stuff wiped because apple icloud handed over his credentials to a cracker. And the flaw isn't still fixed. This is exactly why people should think twice before handing over their control to such new wonderful cloud services.
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Disney attacks open source
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Using open source is a 'rookie mistake' according to a Disney sitcom. It's always a great idea to try to brainwash the kids.
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Investigate Microsoft's requirement of the SecureBoot UEFI interface as anti-competitive.
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Please direct the Attorney General and Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft's mandate of SecureBoot UEFI in order to run Windows 8. Currently, Microsoft requires SecureBoot UEFI in order to allow vendors to certify their hardware for Windows 8. By imposing this requirement, Microsoft stifles innovation under the guise of security. http://wh.gov/wHLq
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