November 2004 - Solar-general - lists.ourproject.org

debate contra BSA
by Diego Saravia 17 Nov '04

17 Nov '04

de P & C El 17 de noviembre se realizará en Buenos Aires el coloquio Software Libre: ¿solución o futuro problema?. Organizado por EDDE (Escuela de Dirección de Empresas) y la revista Information Technology, debatirán Diego Saravia, miembro de Solar e investigador del Conicet, y Martín Carranza Torres, representante en Argentina de la BSA (Business Software Alliance). El evento no es arancelado. Inscripciones a 4000-7373 o mpadin(a)edde.uade.edu.ar. -- Diego Saravia dsa(a)unsa.edu.ar

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Re: [hipatia] MIT - al mundo academco hispano-portugues
by Martín Olivera 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

El mar, 16-11-2004 a las 19:52, Fabi Iglesias escribió: > Universia acerca los contenidos del "MIT Opencourseware" al mundo > académico hispano-portugués > > El portal ha traducido los cursos de la publicación digital del > Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) > > Universia.net, el mayor portal universitario de habla > hispano-portuguesa, ha llegado a un acuerdo con el Massachusetts > Institute of Technology (MIT) para la traducción y publicación de más de > 25 cursos de OpenCourseWare (OCW). > > De este modo, los contenidos de los cursos de esta publicación del MIT > llegarán a toda la comunidad educativa de lengua hispano-portuguesa > desde el sitio http://mit.ocw.universia.net. > > OCW, que acaba de publicar su curso número 500 en la Red, es una gran > iniciativa de publicación electrónica en el World Wide Web, cuyos > objetivos son proveer un acceso gratuito y coherente a los materiales de > los cursos del MIT para educadores del sector sin ánimo de lucro, > estudiantes y personas con interés en aprender de todo el mundo. > > Para Andrés Pedreño, Consejero Delegado de Universia, "con la creación > de OpenCourseWare, MIT se muestra una vez más pionero en el acceso libre > al conocimiento. Nuestra participación en esta iniciativa subraya el > compromiso de Universia con el concepto de Internet como vehículo > generador de conocimiento a través de un acceso gratuito a los > materiales. Al colaborar con el MIT, nuestro portal busca aumentar el > alcance , accesibilidad e impacto de esta iniciativa única que provee a > millones de usuarios en Iberoamérica de materiales traducidos a su > propia lengua". > > "Espero que este sitio -continúa- se afiance en las universidades > iberoamericanas, que muestran un creciente interés en desarrollar sus > propias versiones de materiales de libre acceso". > > Charles M. Vest, presidente de MIT, considera por su parte que esta > institución "está desarrollando la promesa que hizo cuando se creó > OperCourseWare en 2001, y estamos muy contentos de que educadores de > todo el mundo nos hablen del impacto de nuestro proyecto en la > enseñanza". "Para nosotros, OCW supone abrir una nueva puerta a la > democratización y transformación del poder de la educación", señala. > > Por su parte Jesús Javier Maestro de la Calle, estudiante español y > usuario del OpenCourseWare, valora muy positivamente su experiencia como > alumno de estos cursos. "Espero que profesores y universidades de todo > el mundo sigan el camino emprendido por este sitio del MIT. La > información debería ser libre para todos. Este proyecto muestra al mundo > entero el camino de cómo minimizar el coste del acceso al conocimiento. > Gracias por hacer a la gente un poco más libre", comenta. > > El objetivo de este proyecto es crear un modelo eficiente basado en > estándares, con el fin de que otras universidades puedan emular para > publicar sus propios materiales. En la actualidad hay disponibles en > MIT-OpenCourseWare materiales de cursos de 31 departamentos, desde > Aeronáutica y Astronáutica hasta Escritura y Estudios Humanísticos, > pasando por Económicas o Ingeniería Eléctrica e Informática. > > El total de cursos en la actualidad es de 500, sumando los de todos los > departamentos. Cada curso contiene los siguientes apartados: página de > introducción al curso, programa del curso, calendario del curso, > lecturas, apuntes de clase, tareas, exámenes y materiales de estudio. > > > MIT > > El Massachusetts Institute of Technology está dedicado al avance del > conocimiento y a la educación de estudiantes en ciencias, tecnología y > otras áreas que puedan servir al mundo en el siglo XXI. > > El MIT está comprometido en la generación, diseminación y salvaguarda > del conocimiento, y en el trabajo con terceros para que este > conocimiento ayude a afrontar los retos que presenta el mundo de hoy. El > MIT está dedicado a proveer a sus estudiantes la educación que combine > la rigurosidad académica con la ilusión del descubrimiento, con el apoyo > y estimulación intelectual de una diversa comunidad en el "campus". > > MIT cuenta con un claustro de más de 900 profesores y 10.000 > estudiantes. Está organizado en 5 facultades de las que dependen 27 > departamentos con la capacidad de otorgar titulaciones. 47 ex-alumnos, > profesores e investigadores del MIT han ganado el Premio Nobel > > > Universia.net > > Universia es un portal respaldado por 721 universidades iberoamericanas > y ha superado en España la cifra de 800.000 usuarios registrados y > 1.500.000 en los diez países iberoamericanos donde se encuentra > presente, Con más de 27 millones de páginas vistas al mes y tras dos > años y medio de funcionamiento, Universia.net se ha consolidado como el > primer portal especializado en el ámbito universitario. > > El valor fundamental del Portal Universia se encuentra en sus contenidos > pensados por y para toda la comunidad universitaria: profesores, > preuniversitarios, universitarios, personal de administración y > servicios y antiguos alumnos. En Universia se encuentra toda la > información universitaria: títulos, planes de estudio, programas de > postgrado y tercer ciclo, proyectos de colaboración, bibliotecas, > hemerotecas, revistas digitales, editoriales universitarias, directorios > de investigación, becas y ayudas, apuntes, empleo, practicas, ocio y > cultura, gestión, servicios, noticias. > > Y junto a los contenidos generales, Universia ha creado 17 portales > especializados dirigidos a sectores muy representativos en la vida > universitaria: Funversion, Noticias; Agenda, Cataloga XXI; > Investigación; Internacionales; Becas; Mujeres Universia ; Empleo; > Preuniversia; Internet; Quefuede; Alban; @ulario; Universia > Knowledge@Wharton y Universia-Next Wave. > > > Más información: > Pedro Aranzadi Elejabeitia > Universia Marketing and Communications Director > +34 913 424 580 > Email: paranzadi(a)universia.net > www.universia.net -- Martín Olivera ---------------------------- Asociáte a SOLAR! Software Libre Argentina http://www.solar.org.ar/breve.php3?id_breve=78

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New packages for UTUTO-e / Nuevos paquetes para UTUTO-e
by Daniel Olivera -Mate.Cosido 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

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Nota en Clarin sobre las politicas de TELECOM
by José 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

http://old.clarin.com/diario/2004/11/14/elpais/p-02201.htm Saludos José C. Massón -- Rebeldes Stereotipos Domingos 20-22 Hs FM BA 89.1MHz (San Isidro) www.ba89.com.ar <-- Escuchanos ON-Line! ************************************************** PuertoRock.com.ar www.puertorock.com.ar ************************************************** Chevyfierro.com www.chevyfierro.com ************************************************** UTUTO-e GNU + Linux - 100% Libre!!! http://e.ututo.org.ar **************************************************

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Gobiernos del mundo, a pedir descuentos masivos!!!!!!
by Diego Saravia 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

---------- Forwarded Message ----------- From: "Daniel Pimienta" <pimienta(a)funredes.org> To: mistica(a)samana.funredes.org Sent: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:25:23 -0500 Subject: MISTICA: "Microsoft Sticks With Tough Tactics" El siguiente articulo que nos envia un colega de MISTICA ha sido escrito hace mas de un año pero trae luces al debate sobre los convenios que Microsoft contrata con gobiernos y organismos internacionales... ======== http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/technology/15SOFT.html?ex=1053964145&ei=1… >Microsoft Sticks With Tough Tactics >May 15, 2003 >By THOMAS FULLER >International Herald Tribune > >BRUSSELS, May 14 - At least 90 percent of the world'spersonal computers >run on Windows software. But Microsoft wanted still more. Last summer, >Orlando Ayala, then in charge of worldwide sales at Microsoft, sent an >e-mail message titled Microsoft Confidential to senior managers laying out >a company strategy to dissuade governments across the globe from choosing >cheaper alternatives to the ubiquitous Windows computer software systems. >Mr. Ayala's message told executives that if a deal involving governments >or large institutions looked doomed, they were authorized to draw from a >special fund to offer the software at a steep discount or even free if >necessary. Steven A. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, was sent a copy >of the e-mail message. >The memo on protecting sales of Windows and other desktop software >mentioned Linux, a still small but emerging software competitor that is >not owned by any specific company. "Under NO circumstances lose against >Linux," Mr. Ayala wrote. This memo, as well as other e-mail messages and >internal Microsoft documents obtained from a recipient of the Microsoft >e-mail, offers a rare glimpse these days into the inner workings of >Microsoft, the world's largest software company. They spell out a program >of tactics that were carried out in recent years, ranging from steep price >discounts to Microsoft employees lying about their identities at trade >shows. The Microsoft campaign against Linux raises questions about how >much its aggressive, take-no-prisoners corporate culture has changed, >despite having gone through a lengthy, reputation-tarnishing court battle >in the United States that resulted in Microsoft's being found to have >repeatedly violated antitrust laws. Perhaps most important, certain >discounts may run afoul of European market regulators, >who are still investigating accusations that Microsoft abused their >antitrust laws. Discounting is a perfectly normal corporate practice. But >under European law, companies that hold a dominant market position like >Microsoft are prohibited from offering discounts that are aimed at blocking >competitors from the market. Microsoft has been concerned with the >legality of its discounts in the past, consulting a London law firm on a >specific discount plan in 1998, before it was determined in court that >the company had a monopoly in desktop operating systems. In a telephone >interview today, Jean-Philippe Courtois, the chairman of Microsoft's >operations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, defended the use of the >special fund described in Mr. Ayala's e-mail message, saying it was part >of a strategy to be "competitive" and "relevant" in the market for big >government and education deals. >"Linux is obviously a key competitor," Mr. Courtois said. Rivals use >similar tactics, he said. Sun Microsystems, for example, "is giving >away StarOffice to basically governments and schools," he said. The Sun >suite of programs runs on both Windows and Linux operating systems. Mr. >Courtois said that Microsoft sometimes gave software to "very low-income >countries." >He cited a program where Microsoft donated software in South Africa and >helped train teachers to use it. Mr. Ayala's memo said that the discounts >could be offered to "developed and developing countries," and that an >"initial focus" was being put on Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, >India and China. In his e-mail message, he focused on governments and >large institutions buying mostly desktop software. A separate memo >described a discounting program for corporate customers worldwide. Two >days after Mr. Ayala sent his e-mail message, Michael Sinneck, the >executive in charge of Microsoft's services department, sent a message >giving details of a program to provide corporate clients with discounts on >the hourly rates charged by Microsoft's consulting business. The memo said >nearly $180 million had been allocated in the 2003 fiscal year, which ends >in June, for this purpose alone. Of that, $140 million was earmarked for >consulting services for server software, an area where Microsoft has a >growing share of the market but still faces lively competition, >particularly from big companies like I.B.M. that are promoting Linux as an >alternative to Microsoft Windows. >Servers are the powerful computers used by corporations to store data, >manage Web sites and perform other network tasks. The software that runs >servers is the subject of one of the two antitrust cases currently open >against Microsoft in the European Community. In broad terms, Microsoft is >accused of illegally leveraging its overwhelming dominance of the PC >software market into the server market. European antitrust laws are >generally stricter than comparable American laws, but the Microsoft >practices described in the memos may raise red flags for regulators in the >United States as well. In June 2001, a federal appeals court in Washington >ruled that Microsoft had violated antitrust laws by bullying business >partners and rivals to thwart any competitive challenge to Windows. Later >that year, Microsoft reached a settlement with the Bush administration, >agreeing not to use its monopoly power in PC software, including pricing >deals and contract terms, to effectively force PC makers to favor >Microsoft products over competing offerings. Among the documents is an >e-mail message from an outside lawyer, Bill Allan of the London-based firm >Linklaters, to Microsoft that offers a precise interpretation of European >Community law on the matter of discounts, including the view that >short-term discounting would be more likely to escape scrutiny. The >message, from 1998, advised Microsoft that its discounts should not >discriminate between clients and that discounts >could not be aimed at excluding competitors from the market. >"Discounts are not per se unlawful," Charles Stark, a former antitrust >official at the Justice Department and a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & >Pickering in Brussels, said in an interview. "It depends on the market >circumstances and how they use them and what their impact is." Mr. Stark, >who has not seen the documents, pointed out that under European law >"pricing behavior can be viewed differently by a dominant firm than by a >nondominant firm." Asked whether the discounting program for server >software consulting was legal in Europe, given Microsoft's position, Mr. >Courtois, the Microsoft executive, said that consulting was a "break even" >business. "We are not a global services company," he said. "We need to >compete against the big guys." Mr. Courtois cited I.B.M. and Oracle as >companies with large consulting businesses. The Microsoft documents show >the preoccupation among top managers with countering the open-source >movement, a group of programmers who want the software that runs computers >to be offered free of charge. The codes behind open-source software are >developed openly by independent teams of programmers, allowing companies >to customize their programs and paying for services to make the software >perform better. This is in stark contrast to Microsoft, which keeps most >of its source code secret - although governments and some corporations are >increasingly allowed to view the code. Linux, the biggest open-source >threat to Microsoft, has a tiny share of the market for personal computer >software. But Linux was installed in 26 percent of the large data-serving >computers sold last year that power corporate networks and the Internet, >according to International Data, a market research company. Microsoft's >Windows was the >operating system on 44 percent of the servers. >The server market is one area where Linux appears to have some >momentum. The use of Linux is also being supported by a handful of >Microsoft rivals and encouraged by many governments, especially in Europe, >as a cheaper and perhaps more secure alternative to Windows software. The >French, for example, have a Web site that recommends Linux systems for >government departments. Mr. Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive, once >referred to Linux's licensing as "a cancer that attaches itself in an >intellectual property sense to everything it touches." In the face of this >competition, the Microsoft documents show the significant resources the >company devotes - and the unconventional tactics it sometimes uses - to >combat Linux. Chris O'Rourke, a Microsoft employee, described attending >LinuxWorld, a trade fair in California, where he "purported to be an >independent computer consultant" working with several public school >districts, according to an e-mail message he sent on Aug. 20, 2002. >"In general, people bought this without question," Mr. O'Rourke wrote. >"Hook, line and sinker." He said his goal was to glean intelligence about >the competition. His guise, Mr. O'Rourke said, "got folks to open up and >talk." Mr. O'Rourke did not respond to a fax and voice mail message >seeking comment. Another employee, Todd Brix, said in an e-mail message >that he attended a Linux conference in June 2001 in San Jose, Calif., >pretending to be an "ambivalent OEM." Original equipment manufacturers, or >O.E.M.'s, are companies like Hewlett-Packard and Dell Computer that buy >Windows software licenses. >Reached at his office on Tuesday, Mr. Brix said that when attending such a >show, "you don't broadcast that you're a Microsoft person." "You don't >disguise that fact," he said. "You just don't lead with your chin." In his >message, Mr. Brix described the technical issues discussed at the show and >said the tone of the meeting "was an even mix of Local Union hall teamster >gathering, Christian Scientist revival and Amway sales conference." Of all >the Microsoft tactics described in the internal messages, the two discount >programs appear to be the most aggressive - and perhaps the most legally >questionable. Mr. Ayala sent his memo at 8:17 a.m. on July 16, 2002. In >ddition to Mr. Ballmer, the recipients included two Microsoft vice >presidents - James Allchin and Jeffrey S. Raikes -along with some of the >company's top lawyers and the general managers of Microsoft's operations >in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Mr. Ayala wrote that in >today's "difficult economic environment" some institutions and companies >were focusing on cheaper software." "It is important," he continued, "that >we have a way to address large PC purchases that involve low-cost/no-cost >competitors in the education (and government) sectors, especially in >emerging markets." The solution, he wrote, was to "tip the scales" toward >Microsoft in these deals by using the special fund, which he called the >Education and Government Incentive Program. The fund was to be used "only >in deals we would lose otherwise," Mr. Ayala said. When he wrote the memo, >Mr. Ayala was a quite high-level executive at Microsoft, reporting >directly to Mr. Ballmer. He was in charge of sales and marketing and >responsible for roughly 22,000 of the more than 50,000 Microsoft employees. >In March, Mr. Ayala was transferred to lead a new division that focuses on >small and medium-size companies. This new push is one of Microsoft's top >priorities. Mr. Ayala was not available to comment. In his separate e-mail >message, Mr. Sinneck, the Microsoft services executive, wrote that the >consulting fund would be used to cover the difference between the >"discounted customer rate and the standard services billing rate per hour." >Reached this week, Larry Meadows, marketing manager for Microsoft's >services group at company headquarters in Redmond, Wash., said the fund >could be used "anywhere it needs to be." "There's not really a limit to >say that you can use it only in certain geographies," Mr. Meadows added. >He said the funds would be used again in the next fiscal year that begins >in July. >Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- -- Diego Saravia dsa(a)unsa.edu.ar

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Re: [Solar-general] Universos Paralelos (y no para lelos)
by gerardobdiaz＠arnet.com.ar 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

> Hace un tiempo a ... lo estrolaron contra el monitor por un OT. > Y hace dias que venimos con los universos paralelos, que aun siendo > interesante, no veo la relacion con el SL..... Pienso que para muchos sonó como un hincha de river aplaudiendo en la tribuna de boca, o viceversa. Es decir, la reacción fué dirigida hacia algo que se sintió muy fuera de lugar, no un comentario inocente. De todas formas, vale, por mi parte lo único que agregaré es: -gracias x lo de la temperatura negativa y el link axxon -la paradoja de gibbs la encontré explicada sin matemáticas y en español acá: http://www.ilustracion.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=67 Es un artículo para leer con .... precaución (no sé, no me parece del todo serio). Me decide a traerlo algo curioso que está hacia el final del texto: \"Evidentemente, el ser humano es un sistema cuántico y su alma puede ser tenida como el programa de una computadora: \"Si nosotros concordamos, que el alma sea considerada como un programa de una computadora, podemos interpretar la conservación del modelo como la inmortabilidad del alma. \" Shrug :-) __________________________________ Registrate desde http://servicios.arnet.com.ar/registracion/registracion.asp?origenid=9 y participá de todos los beneficios del Portal Arnet.

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New packages for UTUTO-e / Nuevos Paquetes para UTUTO-e
by Daniel Olivera -Mate.Cosido 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 https://200.32.4.39/repository_fecha/ UTUTO-e Development Team Equipo de Desarrollo de UTUTO-e - -- ,= ,-_-. =. |Mate.Cosido (..aun fuera de la ley) ((_/)o o(\_)) | `-'(. .)`-' |UTUTO-e GNU System with Linux \_/ |Linux 2.6.7 compilado con GCC 3.4.1 - --------------------------------------------------- GNU/Linux User : #267582 - AR #1832 Telefono / Phone : (+5411) 4207-1701 / 7688 Celular / Cell Phone (SMS): (+5411) 5707-5013 ICQ: 8368437 / Jabber: dolivera(a)jabber.org Correo al celular / Cell phone mail: daniel_movil(a)e.ututo.org.ar Cell phone Yahoo! messenger: ututo_movil Estudien mucho para poder dominar la tecnica que permite dominar la naturaleza. CHE -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFBmiqEmUZ7u+iPzsQRAozIAJYq0XBOSOX6/5sYvtx+peS8CCIlAJ46KTX6 rteEp+xKCG+e2AZ1QxKgaA== =veCL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Servicio de voz por internet
by Augusto M. Iturri 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Viendo que alternativa gratis ofrece este servicio de voz por internet: http://siteflash.alternativagratis.com/netfono/ ¿existe algun soft que sea libre para yo poder recomendar y usar y si es posible que consuma pocos recursos? Saludos Augusto

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Las fabricas del futuro
by Sebastian Bassi 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Este artículo va a indignar a mas de uno aca, pero es bueno saberlo por si llega a marcar tendencia: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6478691/site/newsweek/ Está en inglés, pero se trata de una especie de estudio de abogados que se dedican a comprar patentes y luego vender los derechos de comercialización, todo de cosas de técnologia. Las sesiones de trabajo de los tipos es contratar consultores de distintas ciencias y ponerse a pensar que se puede patentar. Mi reflexión sobre esto: Por un lado me gusta la idea que la producción intelectual sea valorada y protegida, cosa que no sucede aca. Pero lo que da miedo es que la oficina de patentes de USA deja patentar cualquier cosa lo que puede derivar en quien sabe que. -- <a href="http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=24672&t=1">La web sin popups ni spyware: Usa Firefox en lugar de Internet Explorer</a>

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Respuesta sobre problema con TELECOM
by Satoru Lucas Shindoi 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Esta es la respuesta que recibi de la Defensoria del consumidor de la Nacion. Voy a llamar a la linea 0800 y voy a preguntar que doc hay que presentar. ESTIMADO CONSUMIDOR: ATENTO AL MOTIVO DE SU CONSULTA LE SUGERIMOS PRESENTE SU RECLAMO ANTE TRIBUNALES ARBITRALES DE CONSUMO CON SEDE EN AV. JULIO A. ROCA 651 PB. SECTOR 8 DE LUNES A VIERNES DE 9 A 17 HS DEBE PRESENTAR UNA NOTA EXPLICATIVA DEL PROBLEMA Y FOTOCOPIA DE TODA LA DOCUMENTACION.- ANTE CUALQUIER DUDA PUEDE COMUNICARSE CON NUESTRA LINEA GRATUITA 0800-666-1518 DE LUNES A VIERNES DE 9 A 18 HS.- SALUDA ATTE.- DEFENSA DEL CONSUMIDOR DE LA NACION.- -- Satoru Lucas Shindoi CEL: 03783-15666916 ICQ: 95357247 - Jabber: lucxkers(a)jabber.org Messenger: slshindoi(a)hotmail.com - Yahoo: slshindoi(a)yahoo.com.ar -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sistemas de Informacion - DPEC - www.dpec.com.ar

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