Cutting Free Comments http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com Free Software at the cutting edge Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:03:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: software developers http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2006/11/23/bruce-perens-petition-againstmicrosoft-novell-patent-agreement/#comment-60 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:37:27 +0000 http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2006/11/23/bruce-perens-petition-againstmicrosoft-novell-patent-agreement/#comment-60 Hey, that was interesting, Keep up the good work, Thanks for bringing this up Hey, that was interesting,

Keep up the good work,

Thanks for bringing this up

]]> by: software development london http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2007/01/05/google-web-toolkit-a-free-software-ajax-framework-from-google/#comment-59 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:18:04 +0000 http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2007/01/05/google-web-toolkit-a-free-software-ajax-framework-from-google/#comment-59 Humm... interesting, THis is some great news free software is the best kind, Thanks Humm… interesting,

THis is some great news free software is the best kind,

Thanks

]]> by: Web developers http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2006/12/20/ippimail-an-interview-with-co-founder-simon-martin-exploring-the-web-mail-service-that-runs-on-free-software-and-donates-to-charity/#comment-58 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:28:36 +0100 http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2006/12/20/ippimail-an-interview-with-co-founder-simon-martin-exploring-the-web-mail-service-that-runs-on-free-software-and-donates-to-charity/#comment-58 Hey, that was interesting, theanks for shaing the interview, its very inspiring, keep up the good work Thanks for writing, most people don't bother. Hey, that was interesting,

theanks for shaing the interview, its very inspiring, keep up the good work

Thanks for writing, most people don’t bother.

]]> by: web development company http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2006/10/30/fire-and-ice/#comment-57 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:34:58 +0100 http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2006/10/30/fire-and-ice/#comment-57 Humm... interesting, its great to see that they can work around this issue, but is it not close to becoming an infringement? Anyway, thanks for the post Humm… interesting,

its great to see that they can work around this issue, but is it not close to becoming an infringement?

Anyway, thanks for the post

]]> by: louiz' http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2007/02/20/a-gnewsense-of-a-choice-ubuntu-or-debian/#comment-56 Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:16:37 +0100 http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2007/02/20/a-gnewsense-of-a-choice-ubuntu-or-debian/#comment-56 "Because of this choice, we have a user-friendly, up-to-date GNU/Linux distribution that is completely Free." Oh, yeah, really, up-to-date ? With openoffice 2.4, gajim 0.11.4 ? And with firefox 3.0.8 in the next release (9.04) !! Do you REALLY think it IS up-to-date or is this a JOKE ? “Because of this choice, we have a user-friendly, up-to-date GNU/Linux distribution that is completely Free.”

Oh, yeah, really, up-to-date ?
With openoffice 2.4, gajim 0.11.4 ?
And with firefox 3.0.8 in the next release (9.04) !!

Do you REALLY think it IS up-to-date or is this a JOKE ?

]]> by: hoodia cactus http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2006/12/04/three-ing-java-sun-looking-at-gpl3-java/#comment-55 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:06:11 +0000 http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2006/12/04/three-ing-java-sun-looking-at-gpl3-java/#comment-55 I agree with you I agree with you

]]> by: firefox mac http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2006/12/01/ippimail-free-software-web-mail-with-a-feel-good-factor/#comment-54 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:43:46 +0000 http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2006/12/01/ippimail-free-software-web-mail-with-a-feel-good-factor/#comment-54 In which country do you live? :) In which country do you live? :)

]]> by: Reader of the Free World http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2007/03/01/free-your-web-part1-intro/#comment-53 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:33:10 +0000 http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2007/03/01/free-your-web-part1-intro/#comment-53 it may sounds weird, but meanwhile there is a GPL-licensed free Alternative to Google Analytics. It is called piwik and can be found at the website piwik.org. Found it at a german website called kontrolausschluss.de or so, which seems to have privacy and free software topics. I am against collecting visitors information, but of course its your choice - I just gave you the info. it may sounds weird, but meanwhile there is a GPL-licensed free Alternative to Google Analytics. It is called piwik and can be found at the website piwik.org.

Found it at a german website called kontrolausschluss.de or so, which seems to have privacy and free software topics.
I am against collecting visitors information, but of course its your choice - I just gave you the info.

]]> by: ABC Communication thiet ke web, dich thuat, thiet ke poster http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2006/12/04/three-ing-java-sun-looking-at-gpl3-java/#comment-30 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:54:17 +0100 http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2006/12/04/three-ing-java-sun-looking-at-gpl3-java/#comment-30 thiet ke web, thiet ke logo, thiet ke brochure, thiet ke website, thiet ke in an, web, website, lap trinh web, cho thue may chu, cung cap email, mail server, dich thuat, thiet ke website, quang cao in an, xay dung thuong hieu thiet ke web, thiet ke logo, thiet ke brochure, thiet ke website, thiet ke in an, web, website, lap trinh web, cho thue may chu, cung cap email, mail server, dich thuat, thiet ke website, quang cao in an, xay dung thuong hieu

]]> by: Michael J Kaye http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2007/03/01/free-your-web-part1-intro/#comment-21 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 18:09:10 +0000 http://cuttingfree.blogsome.com/2007/03/01/free-your-web-part1-intro/#comment-21 Thank you for that link. It's a good speech. :-) Essentially, he rules out using any web applications, because they all retain your data, and you can't control them. I'm not talking about static web sites here. I accept what he says about becoming tied to the likes of word processing web service, if they hold your documents on their server. If I was to use such a service, I would want to process documents on my local machine (if that application is Free Software, I can, of course, add that feature and submit it for other users to enjoy). However, I don't think we can ignore web applications. This is the direction in which software is moving; and it is right for Free Software to be at the cutting edge of that movement. I believe we can also do this in freedom. If we can find web applications that have acceptable policies regarding our data, I think that most ordinary users will be in the same position they are with desktop applications. They don't have the programming skills to change their software, and so have to rely on that application's developers to add their requested features. Even those of us who do have the skill, normally have to rely in the same way, because of time restraints. Besides, if it came to it, and I really needed that control, I could download a Free web app and run it on my machine, with my desired modifications, or create my own web service. Perhaps we should move towards having web apps that are designed to work with local modifications. I disagree with the distinction for search engines. Web search, to quote <a href="http://search.wikia.com/wiki/Search_Wikia">search.wikia.com</a>, is broken. The ranking algorithms, upon which we rely every day, are proprietary, and therefore cannot be trusted. In fact, we already know that high rankings are bought. Free Software can fix this, and make web search a more fair, reliable, and productive experience. Hopefully, we can also assert the “group control” that RMS talked about. Thank you, Guy, for raising those points. They have already changed some of what will be in the next post. You should find some more answers there. You may find that the posts about web search are also quite relevant. Michael. Thank you for that link. It’s a good speech. :-)

Essentially, he rules out using any web applications, because they all retain your data, and you can’t control them. I’m not talking about static web sites here. I accept what he says about becoming tied to the likes of word processing web service, if they hold your documents on their server. If I was to use such a service, I would want to process documents on my local machine (if that application is Free Software, I can, of course, add that feature and submit it for other users to enjoy). However, I don’t think we can ignore web applications. This is the direction in which software is moving; and it is right for Free Software to be at the cutting edge of that movement. I believe we can also do this in freedom.

If we can find web applications that have acceptable policies regarding our data, I think that most ordinary users will be in the same position they are with desktop applications. They don’t have the programming skills to change their software, and so have to rely on that application’s developers to add their requested features. Even those of us who do have the skill, normally have to rely in the same way, because of time restraints. Besides, if it came to it, and I really needed that control, I could download a Free web app and run it on my machine, with my desired modifications, or create my own web service. Perhaps we should move towards having web apps that are designed to work with local modifications.

I disagree with the distinction for search engines. Web search, to quote search.wikia.com, is broken. The ranking algorithms, upon which we rely every day, are proprietary, and therefore cannot be trusted. In fact, we already know that high rankings are bought. Free Software can fix this, and make web search a more fair, reliable, and productive experience. Hopefully, we can also assert the “group control” that RMS talked about.

Thank you, Guy, for raising those points. They have already changed some of what will be in the next post. You should find some more answers there. You may find that the posts about web search are also quite relevant.

Michael.

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