Neelie Kroes on open source and the importance of communities

July 19th, 2010

This video message from Neelie Kroes was recorded in a request to support the GNOME Community, GUADEC 2010 and The GNOME Open Desktop Day.
The European Commissioner for Digital Agenda and Vice-President of the European Commission reflects on the growing acceptance of open source and emphasises the importance of communities in shaping the digital future.

 

XKCD #705 – Devotion to Duty (Sysadmins)

March 2nd, 2010

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Teach Your Boss How to FLOSS

February 12th, 2010

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OSSBarcamp II – My Talk – Teach Your Boss How to FLOSS

September 19th, 2009

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Geeknic 2 August 2009

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Copying Maildir Contents

July 6th, 2009

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The Dublin Hub – CoWorking Co-Creation Evening

July 2nd, 2009

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Tóg – Meaning To Build. A hackerspace for Dublin

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Doing Business with Free Software

April 8th, 2009

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CoWorking

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