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

[News] Mozilla Pays Volunteers; Microsoft Mistreats Openness, Rewards Non-Freedom

  • Subject: [News] Mozilla Pays Volunteers; Microsoft Mistreats Openness, Rewards Non-Freedom
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:18:20 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.9
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Mozilla funds SA translation team

,----[ Quote ]
| South Africa’s award-winning multilingual software developer, 
| Translate.org.za, has been awarded a grant by the Mozilla Corporation to 
| extend its translation tools. The US-based Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary 
| of the Mozilla Foundation, co-ordinates the development of popular Internet 
| software projects such as the Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird email 
| client.     
`----

http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2672

Open Source on .NET: Ignored and Embraced  

,----[ Quote ]
| And that, Walker thinks, is a shame. DotNetNuke has benefited hugely from the 
| attention lavished on it by the DevDiv, but Walker believes there are scores 
| of worthy, .NET-based projects that are just not getting the support they 
| need.   
| 
| "We're hoping that over time that attitude will change and they will provide 
| more support for native open source application vendors," Walker told me. 
| 
| Walker isn't alone in this sentiment. Back in April, Coding Horror blogger 
| Jeff Atwood spoke at length about his frustrations with how Microsoft treats 
| open source developers. He went so far as to say that "open source projects 
| are treated as second-class citizens in the Microsoft ecosystem."    
`----

http://reddevnews.com/blogs/weblog.aspx?blog=2407

Microsoft still favours exploitation.


Recent:

Extend Firefox 3 is Here!

,----[ Quote ]
| All entries will be judged by a panel of experts, with Grand Prize and 
| Runner’s Up prize packages awarded for add-ons that take advantage of the new 
| capabilities being introduced in Firefox 3 and that demonstrate excellence in 
| user experience, innovativeness, and use of open standards.   
`----

http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/03/extend-firefox-3-is-here/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)

iEYEARECAAYFAkiKJvwACgkQU4xAY3RXLo5glACdEiCE5MexFWMK0XhofO6kdv66
FbsAniLhDYoZgptjN8Mht788qegmTcqs
=rZYe
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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