Monthly Archives: February 2010

Things I said on 2010-02-28

Posted on 28 February, 2010 by stefano

Devo cambiare operatore mobile, ricaricabile, traffico dati a kb (no tempo). Consigli? # #spam on #skype is alarmingly increasing. Time to abandon it, for good? # Disservizio sanitario nazionale: attesi 20 giorni per una visita, medico malato, rimandata visita fra … Continue reading →

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La sottile voglia di regime che attanaglia l’Italia

Posted on 26 February, 2010 by Stef

Leggendo i vari commenti degli editorialisti italiani sulla sentenza contro Google colgo solo una gran voglia di regime. Non ho letto da nessuna parte che i ragazzini che hanno pubblicato i video ignobili sono già stati puniti e chissà se … Continue reading →

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Wikiedia Crowdsourced its strategic planning process

Posted on 24 February, 2010 by Stef

I’m a firm believer that non-profit organizations need to have a strategy, too. Maybe even more than for-profit ones, because of the constant lack of resources. I’ve been watching without commenting the development of the five-year strategic plan for Wikimedia … Continue reading →

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Things I said on 2010-02-21

Posted on 21 February, 2010 by stefano

Altroconsumo ricorre alla Commissione europea contro la pappetta Bondi-SIAE per l'equo compenso http://is.gd/8pOob # pagliarini su #radio24 tralascia di menzionare #Funambol tra le aziende italiane presenti al #mwc # sul sito di #radio24 non c'è un modo facile per contattare … Continue reading →

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Eben Moglen’s Freedom in the Cloud Talk

Posted on 18 February, 2010 by Stef

I watched Eben’s speech but now I can quote it too thanks to the transcript done by the friends at Software Freedom Law Center. Talking about the problems of the cloud services, Eben hits Facebook hard with his rhetoric: The … Continue reading →

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Three reasons to follow Mozilla Thunderbird development

Posted on 16 February, 2010 by Stef

Since Mozilla Messaging launched Thunderbird 3 I started using it to see if this new version is better than GNOME Evolution, the email/calendar application I used in the past 4 years. Evolution is a decent email and calendar client and … Continue reading →

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Newlyweds: Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin

Posted on 15 February, 2010 by Stef

This is good news for mobile free software (or open source, as you wish to call it): Maemo and Moblin joined forces today.  I had lots of expectations for Maemo, but so far Nokia hasn’t pushed it enough. This merge … Continue reading →

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Things I said on 2010-02-14

Posted on 14 February, 2010 by stefano

I agree ♺ @evan: We need to be closer-integrated with FB to make it easier for you to use Free Software to stay in touch with your friends. # ♺ @nico_mar: corner bank req 's digital fingerprints to enter for … Continue reading →

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What Symbian is risking by freeing its code

Posted on 12 February, 2010 by Stef

I honestly cannot understand the fear of forks that is spreading within the Symbian community. Since Symbian Foundation released the full source code of the operating system under the Eclipse Public License I’ve read few comments like the following: I … Continue reading →

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Choose a good license and manage well the community

Posted on 11 February, 2010 by Stef

Some of the things that Mike Tienman said in this interview with InternetNews.com I could have said myself. I have come to believe that a license alone is neither a secret to success nor an absolution of sin. Exactly: choosing … Continue reading →

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