Home Messages Index
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index

Re: Croatia government goes Open Source

begin  oe_protect.scr 
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 22 July 2006 20:13 \__
> 
>> begin  oe_protect.scr
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Saturday 22 July 2006 18:21 \__
>>> 
>>>> begin  oe_protect.scr
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Friday 21 July 2006 21:41 \__
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Friday 21 July 2006 19:48 Mark Kent wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> It's quite a pointless toy example, which I believe Eric worked on to
>>>>>>>> practice his programming skills (his origins are in programming, but
>>>>>>>> he's now a CSS expert). Not Closed-Source Software. The other thing.
>>>>>>>> wink
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> A quicker win might be to set up a wiki with a simple list...
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I can't help with that, but I do know where the LXer readers are:-
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.frappr.com/lxercom
>>>>> 
>>>>> I  was looking at Wikipedia yesterday. Source a page  exists
>>>>> which  contains  a list of companies acquired by  Microsoft,
>>>>> perhaps  a  suitable stub can be created for countries  that
>>>>> embrace   Open   Source   (linked   from   Linux   or   Open
>>>>> Source-related  pages).  Then,  I  can  probably  filter  my
>>>>> outgoing mail box and extract links. Any thoughts?
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Roy - that's bordering on a stroke of genuis!  Why create a new wiki
>>>> when there's a perfectly good one already there...  let's go for it!
>>> 
>>> Google PageRank 8 at:
>>> 
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
>>> 
>>> Created link/stub for:
>>> 
>>>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_government-_and_business-level_migrations_to_open_source
>>> 
>> 
>> <delete>
>> 
>> A great start.  I'll take a look, today or tomorrow and see if I can
>> add.  I fully anticipate our trolls to be aiming to get it deleted!
> 
> Already deleted. I have moved it to a local Wiki. Pardon the header/banner.
> 

Hmm, interesting... information not wanted in the wiki...  wonder why?

> http://tinyurl.com/e5sjj
> 
> Anyone can edit this, of course.
> 
> I used to be using Wikis for collaboration on papers (didn't find any
> interests from others, to whom Wikis are still an unknown technology). A
> more successful 'case study' are my password-protected Wikis, which I have
> used for daily correspondence with friends and family for over a year <
> http://www.schestowitz.com/Software/Correspondence_Wiki/ >. I made the
> hacked version available, in case anyone else is interested in SPAM-free
> communication* that resembles IM but is not real-time. There are some blog
> items about it, too.
> 
> * Communication using RSS feeds is another possibility I once discussed, but
> there are too many pitfalls.

Okay - will take a peak.

-- 
| Mark Kent   --   mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk  |
Q:	What's yellow, and equivalent to the Axiom of Choice?
A:	Zorn's Lemon.

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index