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Category Archives: SPI
SPI February 2011
The regular monthly board of SPI (Software in the Public Interest, the contributor-run non-profit which supports debian, drupal and many other projects not beginning with the letter d) is on IRC this evening at 20:30 UTC in #spi on irc.oftc.net. … Continue reading
SPI January 2011
The meeting agenda is already posted for tonight’s (Wednesday’s) SPI board IRC meeting which will be at 2030 UTC in #spi on irc.oftc.net. I’m sorry it’s pretty late notice, but you might like to come along and let the board … Continue reading
ECJ on SAS v WPL: A Coming Storm?
While I share Alex’s “law [is] boring” view, this also attracted my attention because it’s (slightly) about statistics software. I feel the SAS v WPL case mentioned on his blog deserves a wider airing: “The basic story is that the … Continue reading
Budget 2010: take 2 (IT, Co-ops and Community edition)
I’ve been watching the June budget and pondering its effects on me, our co-op, co-ops in general and the wider community.
IT Taxes I just want to flag this one up as a special interest: the telephone tax is killed off before it starts. Yippee! But now we … Continue reading
Posted in Cooperatives, SPI
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Enemies of Digital Economy Workers: the TUC
The Trade Union Congress’s chief executive recently came out in the crazy position of sharing a platform with the British Phonographic Industry (and why are they still relevant? What is the market share of phonographs now?) and supporting the much-hated Digital Britain guilty-without-trial “three strikes” disconnect measures.
Yes, you read that … Continue reading
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SPI March 2010
The meeting agenda is already posted for tonight’s (Wednesday’s) SPI board IRC meeting which will be at 2000 UTC. It’s another pretty lean meeting, with only some minutes to approve, so why not come along and let the board know … Continue reading
Paypal and Ethical Business
DoctorMO is calling Paypal the Pocketing Police after this “Paypal […] decided we were scammers and took our money” comment by Daniel Stone during the Xorg foundation election discussions. Our co-op has avoided Paypal for a number of years for … Continue reading
Posted in GNU/Linux, SPI, Web Development
Tagged company, election, foundation, merchant service, money, payment service, paypal, registration, scammers, transfer, xorg
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SPI February 2010
The meeting agenda is already posted for tonight’s (Wednesday’s) SPI board IRC meeting which will be at 2000 UTC (an hour earlier than last month, back at usual time). It’s another pretty lean meeting and I don’t know why. Last … Continue reading
Posted in SPI, Web Development
Tagged board, git, help, ikiwiki, irc, meeting, SPI, volunteers, website
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Home Access Scheme or Hope Abandoned to Scandal?
After its puff by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in newspapers and his podcast (mp3 file link) I’ve had a few people asking about the Home Access Scheme where families apply for a package from a closed list of six suppliers of new PCs, software and internet access. No … Continue reading
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Get the Survey Monkey Off Your Back
I’ve been asked why I dislike surveymonkey surveys, I don’t want to reply fully in that forum (because it’s off-topic there) and I want to publish this for your feedback now. surveymonkey really frustrates me. In short, it’s often confusing, … Continue reading
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Tagged askpeople, co-op, doodle, google docs, limeservice, limesurvey, surveymonkey
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