[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Office-commits] r9972 - trunk/campaigns/windows7sins
From: |
sysadmin |
Subject: |
[Office-commits] r9972 - trunk/campaigns/windows7sins |
Date: |
Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:07:13 -0400 |
Author: www-data
Date: Mon Oct 5 10:07:13 2009
New Revision: 9972
Log:
web commit by peterb
Modified:
trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/pr-ngo.mdwn
Modified: trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/pr-ngo.mdwn
==============================================================================
--- trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/pr-ngo.mdwn Mon Oct 5 10:02:24 2009
(r9971)
+++ trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/pr-ngo.mdwn Mon Oct 5 10:07:13 2009
(r9972)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 -- The Free
Software Foundation (FSF) today launched the next stage of its
"Windows 7 Sins" campaign at <http://windows7sins.org>, making the
-case against Microsoft and proprietary software by writing to 500 leaders of
the largest charities, non-profit organizations and NGOs, asking them to make
+case against Microsoft and proprietary software by writing to 500 leaders of
the largest charities and NGOs, asking them to make
the switch to freedom respecting free software and to help foster awareness of
the ethical importance of computer user freedom.
The letter warns these "Windows 7 decision makers" about the "lack of
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
leveraging monopolistic behavior, enforcing Digital Restrictions
Management (DRM), and threatening user security.
-FSF executive director Peter Brown said, "The dependency of organizations
working for social change and improvement on software owned and exclusively
controlled by Microsoft is leading society into an era of digital restrictions,
threatening and limiting our freedoms. Free software is about freedom, not
price, and it is designed to give you the ability to study and improve the
software for your own needs. Today, we're asking leaders in the non-for-profit
sector to switch to the free software GNU/Linux operating system for all their
desktop computing and infrastructure needs."
+FSF executive director Peter Brown said, "The dependency of organizations
working for social change and improvement on software owned and exclusively
controlled by Microsoft is leading society into an era of digital restrictions,
threatening and limiting our freedoms. Free software on the other hand, is
about freedom, not price, and it is designed to give you the ability to study
and improve the software for your own needs. Today, we're asking leaders in the
non-for-profit sector to switch to the free software GNU/Linux operating system
for all their desktop and computer infrastructure needs."
The GNU/Linux operating system is readily available and
-easy-to-use and supported by numerous vendors. GNU/Linux distributions come
with thousands of freely licensed software applications, including complete
accounting and fundraising solutions suitable for charities.
+easy-to-use and supported by numerous vendors and a worldwide community.
GNU/Linux distributions come with thousands of freely licensed software
applications, including complete accounting and fundraising solutions suitable
for charities.
FSF campaigns manager Matt Lee added, "Charities, NGOs, and other
non-profit organizations that choose proprietary software are
[Prev in Thread] |
Current Thread |
[Next in Thread] |
- [Office-commits] r9972 - trunk/campaigns/windows7sins,
sysadmin <=