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[Office-commits] r9973 - trunk/campaigns/windows7sins


From: sysadmin
Subject: [Office-commits] r9973 - trunk/campaigns/windows7sins
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:49:43 -0400

Author: johns
Date: Mon Oct  5 10:49:35 2009
New Revision: 9973

Log:
Some edits, primarily to Matt's quote.

Modified:
   trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/pr-ngo.mdwn

Modified: trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/pr-ngo.mdwn
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--- trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/pr-ngo.mdwn    Mon Oct  5 10:07:13 2009        
(r9972)
+++ trunk/campaigns/windows7sins/pr-ngo.mdwn    Mon Oct  5 10:49:35 2009        
(r9973)
@@ -1,33 +1,49 @@
-Breaking the Dependency on Proprietary Software: A Call to Non-Profits, 
Charities and NGOs to Refuse Microsoft Windows 7 and Make the Ethical Switch to 
Free Software.
+## Breaking the dependency on proprietary software: A call to nonprofits, 
charities and NGOs to refuse Microsoft Windows 7 and make the ethical switch to 
free software
 
 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 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.
+case against Microsoft and proprietary software by writing to 500
+leaders of the largest charities and nongovernmental organizations
+(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
 privacy, freedom, and security" they will suffer should they adopt
 Windows 7, and makes the case that they should instead adopt free
-software by outlining seven major areas where proprietary software,
-such as Microsoft Windows is hurting society: invading
-privacy, poisoning education, locking users in, abusing standards,
-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 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 and a worldwide community.  
GNU/Linux distributions come with thousands of freely licensed software 
applications, including complete accounting and fundraising solutions suitable 
for charities.
+software by outlining seven major areas where proprietary software
+like Windows is hurting society: invading privacy, poisoning
+education, locking users in, abusing standards, 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 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 nonprofit
+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, 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
-undertaking bad public policy, often through ignorance or misplaced
-values. We hope to alert these decision makers to the positive
+nonprofit organizations that choose proprietary software are
+undertaking bad public policy, often through misinformation or a
+failure to see their technology choices as connected to their social
+missions. We hope to alert these decision makers to the positive
 contribution they can make to society by switching their organizations
-to free software. I hope these groups will make a public policy committment to 
freedom and join a growing list of organizations
-who understand that sinking money and time into proprietary software
-is inconsistent with the core values of freedom and progress."
+to free software. I hope these groups will make a public policy
+commitment to freedom and join a growing list of organizations who
+understand that sinking money and time into proprietary software is
+inconsistent with the core values of freedom and progress."
 
 More information about the campaign, including the text of the letter
 and a mailing list that will provide subscribers with information




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