[wplug] Cyanogen partners with Microsoft

Dave Ostroske eksortso at gmail.com
Mon Apr 20 20:12:21 EDT 2015


Actually his name is Steve Kondik.

It would be a dangerous precedent for WPLUG to force people into a software
freedom purity test.

-- Dave Ostroske

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Jake S <jskiba99 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Is that a serious comment that you would not allow someone to present
> based off their affiliations?
>
> > From: netrek at gmail.com
> > Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:32:00 -0400
> > To: wplug at wplug.org
> > Subject: Re: [wplug] Cyanogen partners with Microsoft
> >
> > Who is he?
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Terence J. Golighlty <
> > terencejgolightly at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > We should drop all future considerations to have Steve Kondit ever
> > > presenting  to WPLUG.  His name shall not ever be mentioned again.
> > >
> > > T
> > >
> > > On 04/19/2015 12:38 PM, Justin Smith wrote:
> > >
> > >> Cyanogen, the company that develops the popular Android derivative
> > >> CyanogenMOD, has signed an agreement to distribute Microsoft software
> in
> > >> its
> > >> operating system. Don't believe me? Read it yourself[1].
> > >>
> > >> So just to review, Cyanogen started releasing its own proprietary
> version
> > >> of
> > >> CyanogenMOD and is now partnering with Microsoft to distribute
> Microsoft
> > >> proprietary software.
> > >>
> > >> If you're still using CyanogenMOD on your Android device, I recommend
> > >> investigating
> > >> alternatives that respect software freedom. If you're not sure where
> to
> > >> begin, try
> > >> SlimROM[2]. That's what I use. It's a lean, mean, 100% open source
> > >> version of
> > >> Android that has many of the sort of ease-of-use features that
> > >> CyanogenMOD does.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> *Justin Smith*
> > >> GNU/Linux System Administrator
> > >>
> > >> --------
> > >> [1] http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/-2010445.htm
> > >> [2] http://slimroms.net/
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