[P2P-F] Open System

[Michel Bauwens]

Dear Rasmus,

Thanks for contacting us. I'm sharing your request for feedback regarding
Ubuntu Online, with the ContactCon and Open Manufacturing lists, as they
more of a technical bent,

http://www.ubuntuonline.me

Michel

>
> First; I'm very glad I found your Foundation. A relief to see that
> there are other in the world that are concerned about the society!
>
> My reason for joining; I co-founded a printing company some years back
> and built a complete production management software for us. In the
> browser, based on open source software and standards only.
>
> After that I created a prototype web based design application to forgo
> the commerical alternatives to give everyone the possibility to design.
>
> I realised that because we have a revenue model based in the physical
> world we don't have to rely on advertising, subscriptions and
> transactions.
>
> While it might sound like nothing, I firmly belive it to be the
> fastest and least destructive way of re-achieving an open and free
> Internet. When the physical industries realise they can use only open
> source; they will. And sponsor development of all things open source.
>
> Instead of trying to recreate the Internet, I believe that it would be
> best to create a global P2P web based OS. The Internet is in it's
> essence a collection of static and dynamic applications, just like a
> desktop OS. So the next step for me was naturally to create a web
> based operating system since it's technologically possible.
>
> In the long run, this would mean that open hardware initiatives would
> have access to the same production management software as everyone else.
>
> I chose the name Ubuntu Online because I believe Ubuntu to be the best
> of open source initiatives. Mainly because it marries the "old world"
> with the new.
>
> http://www.ubuntuonline.me
>
> It's still a prototype and the description is rough, but I'm working
> on it daily.
>
> In an even longer run, it could be replaced with a completely new kind
> of system based on all open information and communication systems.
>
> I'd appriciate any feedback and reflections on the matter!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rasmus Wikman
>
>
>
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