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____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Wednesday 27 August 2008 20:06 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:10:45 +0000
> <3182311.8kB5jncTVT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> An open letter to Barack Obama and the DNC (or, change video formats)
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | If the DNCC website is any indication, the promise of openness is empty.
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | By restricting access to either MS-Windows or Apple OSX, the DNCC is
>> | restricting freedom of choice in operating systems. A fairly large (3% or
>> | more) segment of the population uses other, freely-available operating
>> | systems such as GNU/Linux. (Here, ?freely-available? does not refer to
>> | price, but to freedom.)
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/open_letter_barack_obama_and_dncc_video_format
>
> Personally, I'm thinking more incompetence (or laziness)
> than outright graft. It would be nice, though if the DNC
> could get their video streaming to work properly with all
> operating systems -- or at least operating systems other
> than Windows and OSX.
>
> Somebody didn't do their homework.
No, I think it's more like the Olympics. Microsoft approached them with
money/favours in exchange for that thing which promotes Microsoft's business
agenda and punishes #1 rival.
>> Democratic National Convention against GNU/Linux or bought by Microsoft?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | I know what most people must be thinking- this is just another crazy
>> | GNU/Linux zealot. Well, I?m not. Let me set things straight. This isn?t
>> | about GNU/Linux vs Linux, this isn?t about the Democratic National
>> | Convention being anti-GNU/Linux or being bought by Microsoft. No. This is
>> | about advocating against solutions that are marginalizing groups of
>> | people. This is just one example of where Microsoft?s monopoly is abusing
>> | its strengths to stifle competition. When we don?t complain loudly about
>> | utilizing new or proprietary technology we allow web developers or those
>> | in charge the opportunity to stifle our choices. It doesn?t matter if you
>> | use GNU/Linux or not- because tomorrow the choice of which technology to
>> | adopt will have been made for you- for better or worse.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://ixnotes.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/democratic-national-convention-against-gnulinux-or-bought-by-microsoft/
>> http://tinyurl.com/5ffybv
>>
>> Online dirty tricks may mar U.S. elections
>
> May??? :-)
Surely that already happens.
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | As the U.S. presidential elections draw closer, voting activists are
>> | bracing themselves for an onslaught of online dirty tricks and
>> | misinformation campaigns designed to deceive and disenfranchise voters.
>> |
>> | Political dirty tricks and misinformation close to election time are, of
>> | course, nothing new. But experts say they are about to get nastier and
>> | more prevalent because of the ease of disseminating them online.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/26/deceptive.campaign.practices/index.html?eref=rss_tech
>> http://tinyurl.com/62zuf7
>>
>> Sounds like a job for the Microsoft Munchkins of COLA.
>>
>
> If they don't get tangled in their capes and get their tighties
> in a wad or falling off first. :-P
>
> [rest snipped]
>
- --
"There's a lot of Linux out there -- much more than Microsoft generally signals
publicly -- and their customers are using it..." --Paul DeGroot, a Directions
On Microsoft analyst.
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