We started a campaign in the Netherlands:
The Dutch government wants to tie the country's schools to a single software vendor for years to come. Dutch students using Free Software or devices without Silverlight-support will find themselves locked out of schools' online systems due to the use of proprietary technology and closed standards. Marja Bijsterveldt, the secretary of education, recently said that she is unwilling to enforce the Dutch government's own Open Standards policy on educational institutions. Instead, the government will accept long-term vendor lock-in of educational institutions.
Full PR: https://fsfe.org/news/2011/news-20111107-01.en.html Campaign page: https://fsfe.org/campaigns/nledu/nledu.en.html
Regards, Matthias
ask her why they accepted the post if they are unwilling to fulfil it. Publicly invite the resignation or to give back half the salary as they are unable to perform the duties.
Sam
On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Matthias Kirschner mk@fsfe.org wrote:
We started a campaign in the Netherlands:
The Dutch government wants to tie the country's schools to a single software vendor for years to come. Dutch students using Free Software or devices without Silverlight-support will find themselves locked out of schools' online systems due to the use of proprietary technology and closed standards. Marja Bijsterveldt, the secretary of education, recently said that she is unwilling to enforce the Dutch government's own Open Standards policy on educational institutions. Instead, the government will accept long-term vendor lock-in of educational institutions.
Full PR: https://fsfe.org/news/2011/news-20111107-01.en.html Campaign page: https://fsfe.org/campaigns/nledu/nledu.en.html
Regards, Matthias
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On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 10:52 +0100, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
We started a campaign in the Netherlands:
The Dutch government wants to tie the country's schools to a single software vendor for years to come. Dutch students using Free Software or devices without Silverlight-support will find themselves locked out of schools' online systems due to the use of proprietary technology and closed standards. Marja Bijsterveldt, the secretary of education, recently said that she is unwilling to enforce the Dutch government's own Open Standards policy on educational institutions. Instead, the government will accept long-term vendor lock-in of educational institutions.
Full PR: https://fsfe.org/news/2011/news-20111107-01.en.html Campaign page: https://fsfe.org/campaigns/nledu/nledu.en.html
Regards, Matthias
Wow, hugely smart move given Microsoft itself basically said Silverlight is a dead platfrom ...
Simo.
* simo idra@samba.org [2011-11-07 09:23:04 -0500]:
Wow, hugely smart move given Microsoft itself basically said Silverlight is a dead platfrom ...
Do you have a reference on that?
Thanks, Matthias
On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 15:36 +0100, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
- simo idra@samba.org [2011-11-07 09:23:04 -0500]:
Wow, hugely smart move given Microsoft itself basically said Silverlight is a dead platfrom ...
Do you have a reference on that?
Sorry I do not have authoritative references. It may be an undead product ;-)
Simo.
* simo idra@samba.org [2011-11-07 09:53:51 -0500]:
On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 15:36 +0100, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
- simo idra@samba.org [2011-11-07 09:23:04 -0500]:
Wow, hugely smart move given Microsoft itself basically said Silverlight is a dead platfrom ...
Do you have a reference on that?
Sorry I do not have authoritative references. It may be an undead product ;-)
How can you kill undead products? Silver bullets? ;)
SCNR, Matthias
simo wrote:
On Mon, 2011-11-07 at 15:36 +0100, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
Do you have a reference on that?
Sorry I do not have authoritative references. It may be an undead product ;-)
It's been designed as a Flash concurrence, but I've never heard of anyone actually writing for it - and not yet browsed a single website using it.
So I think I know what simo means...
But: That's just a feeling ;)
Pb
2011/11/7 Matthias Kirschner mk@fsfe.org
- simo idra@samba.org [2011-11-07 09:23:04 -0500]:
Wow, hugely smart move given Microsoft itself basically said Silverlight is a dead platfrom ...
Do you have a reference on that?
Microsoft only said that its strategy 'shifted' to HTML5 only for web development, while SL will still be used in other cases. References:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-our-strategy-with-silverlight-... http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/11/silverlight-html5-and-microsof...
Is it dead? In my eyes it was never born but it's hard to sell this argument to a politician that just bought it.
/stef
Hi,
On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 07:29:24AM -0800, Stefano Maffulli wrote:
Microsoft only said that its strategy 'shifted' to HTML5 only for web development, while SL will still be used in other cases. References:
The whole documentation on office.microsoft.com uses Silverlight. So I think they changed their mind again...
Best wishes Michael
On Mon, 7 Nov 2011 19:42:47 +0100, Michael Kesper mkesper@fsfe.org wrote:
Hi,
On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 07:29:24AM -0800, Stefano Maffulli wrote:
Microsoft only said that its strategy 'shifted' to HTML5 only for web development, while SL will still be used in other cases. References:
The whole documentation on office.microsoft.com uses Silverlight. So I think they changed their mind again...
Best wishes Michael
Or maybe not: http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/9/2548975/microsoft-may-halt-development-wor... http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/will-there-be-a-silverlight-6-and-does-i...
At least one thing is certain concerning the future of Silverlight: nothing is certain.
Regards,