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Last login: 2 hours agoPvdvyve: retroflux is a guy from Antwerp, Belgium.; Likes 29 pages, 1 video • 9 fans • Received 1 review; Member since Jun 06, 2006

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KoffeePhoto - Free photo sharing software: May 23, 3:22am 3 reviews pictures
http://www.koffeephoto.com/en/; Always nice to find good stuff that also works wit GNU/Linux. Just made some tests with this and it looks fine.

Microsofts New Monopoly - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF): Sep 12, 2006 4:08am 1 review windows, microsuck
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/microsoft-new-monopoly.html; European legislators who endorse software patents frequently claim that those wouldn't affect free software (or "open source"). Microsoft's lawyers are determined to prove they are mistaken.

Leaked internal documents in 1998 said that Microsoft considered the free software GNU/Linux operating system (referred to therein as "Linux") as the principal competitor to Windows, and spoke of using patents and secret file formats to hold us back.

Because Microsoft has so much market power, it can often impose new standards at will. It need only patent some minor idea, design a file format, programming language, or communication protocol based on it, and then pressure users to adopt it. Then we in the free software community will be forbidden to provide software that does what these users want; they will be locked in to Microsoft, and we will be locked out from serving them.

Previously Microsoft tried to get its patented scheme for spam-blocking adopted as an Internet standard, so as to exclude free software from handling email. The standards committee in charge rejected the proposal, but Microsoft said it would try to convince large ISPs to use the scheme anyway.

Now Microsoft is planning to try something similar for Word files.

::::: cc sint-niklaas :::::: Sep 7, 2006 7:59am 1 review arts, kunst, projecten, cultuur
http://www.ccsint-niklaas.be/; Het cultuurcentrum in Sint-Niklaas is een dynamische instelling met vele facetten.

Biotheek: Jul 28, 2006 12:05pm 1 review ecology, food, organic, bio, slowfood
http://bioforum.be/biotheekbe%5Fwww/default.aspx; de Biotheek weet meer over bio

Netwerk Bewust Verbruiken: Jul 28, 2006 11:57am 2 reviews activism, food, organic, bio, slowfood
http://www.bewustverbruiken.be/; Missie

Het Netwerk Bewust Verbruiken vzw (NBV) is een Vlaams samenwerkingsverband van organisaties die actief zijn op het gebied van consumenten, milieu, derde wereld, arbeidersrechten, anders omgaan met geld, sociale economie,..., dat door middel van netwerking, informatie, campagnes en projecten een sociaal �n ecologisch verantwoord consumptiegedrag en dito productiewijzen stimuleert met het oog op het bereiken van duurzame ontwikkeling.

http://www.observ.be/beta/: Jul 28, 2006 11:53am 1 review cooking, food, organic, bio, slowfood
http://www.observ.be/beta/; L'Observatoire est une initiative du Centre de Recherche et d'Information des Organisations de Consommateurs (CRIOC) et
de l' Institut Bruxellois pour la Gestion de l'Environnement (IBGE).

Het Observatorium is een partnerschap tussen het Onderzoeks- en Informatiecentrum van de Verbruikersorganisaties (OIVO) en het Brussels Instituut voor Milieubeheer (BIM).

Week van de Smaak: Jul 28, 2006 11:47am 1 review cooking, food, organic, slowfood
http://weekvandesmaak.be/; De Week van de Smaak in Vlaanderen is een nieuw (eet)cultuurevenement, waarvan de eerste editie zal lopen van 16 tot 25 november 2006.