comments from a local highlighted at freesoftwaremagazine.com (was: Fwd: [...] FSM Newsletter 9th of April 2007)

Wed Apr 18 19:08:57 MST 2007

 "My name in lights", in the FSM Newsletter
from freesoftwaremagazine.com
(see below).
(they have a place on their web site
 where one can subscribe, and/or [lurk, i.e.]
 read the newsletter [archives] on the web.)
(http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/newsletters)
The part that "congratulates" me says:
((begin quote))
Winner of the book competition from the 26th of March

Thanks to all those who entered, unfortunately there can only be one
winner...

Congratulations Mike Schwartz of Phoenix Arizona in the USA!

Mike has won copies of Agile Java Development with Spring, Hibernate and
Eclipse<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_agile_java_development_with_spring_hibernate_and_eclipse>and
Red
Hat Fedora Core 6
Unleashed<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_red_hat_fedora_core_6_unleashed>
.

Thanks to all who entered. [...]
((/end quote))

The comments that won a prize were entitled "governments also enforce
patents, copyrights,
etc.<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/polls/governments_mandating_free_software#comment-65797>",
and you can read them here:
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/polls/governments_mandating_free_software#comment-65797
Just my 0.02,
(15 picoseconds of "nearly famous" -ness)
from
-- 
Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz at acm.org
Mike.L.Schwartz at gmail.com

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:51:05 UT, chief at freesoftwaremagazine.com <
chief at freesoftwaremagazine.com> wrote:
>
>  FSM Newsletter 9th of April 2007
>
> By admin
>
> Hi everybody, and welcome to another fortnightly edition of Free Software
> Magazine's newsletter; keeping you up to date in the world of free software!
> And do we have some good stuff for you guys this fortnight!
> General announcements
>
> Firstly, we have just released Issue 17, and it is packed full of good
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> ourselves! Secondly, we are finally running our web site using Drupal 5! Not
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> Latest content
>
> *Welcome to Free Software Magazine—again!*—Tony Mobily describes the
> evolution of Free Software Magazine to that glorious CMS, Drupal... Read
> more... <http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/editorial_17>
>
> *3D drivers matrix—the evolution*—Wanna know about 3D drivers? Mitch
> Meyran can help you out! Read more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/more_3d_desktops>
>
> *FOSS fight in the UK*— Chris Holt looks at some of the reasons companies
> reject the FOSS switch. Read more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/foss_fight_in_the_uk>
>
> *Towards Wengophone 2.1*—Marco Marongiu conducts an interview with
> Philippe Bernery and Dave Neary of the OpenWengo project. Read more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/interview_with_openwengo_project>
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>
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>
> *Non-free repositories!?*—Jonathon Roberts tackles the sticky topic of the
> inclusion of officially supported non-free repositories in distributions. Read
> more... <http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/non-free_repositories>
>
> *The free Tron Universe—Armagetron*—Alan Berg has found out how to relive
> the old Tron days... with Armagetron. Hold on! Read more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/gltron_armagetron>
> Latest book reviews released
>
> *Bounty Hunters (Metaphors for Fair Intellectual Property Laws) by Greg
> London* Terry Hancock looks into the problems with copyright, as
> metaphored by Greg London. Read more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_understanding_copyright>
>
> *Mapping Hacks by Schuyler Erle, Rich Gibson & Jo Walsh* Brian Turner
> considers the wonderful world of maps. Read more...<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_mapping_hacks>
> Book competition announcement for this fortnight
>
> This week we are giving away a copy of Beginning GIMP—From Novice To
> Professional<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_beginning_gimp>by Akkana Peck and a copy of Design
> Concepts with Code: An Approach for Developers<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_design_concepts_with_code>by Stanko Blatnik and Kelly Carey.
>
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> GOOD LUCK!
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> fantastic prizes.*
> Winner of the book competition from last fortnight
>
> Thanks to all those who entered, unfortunately there can only be one
> winner...
>
> Congratulations Johannes Hutabarat of Jarkata, Indonesia!
>
> Johannes has won copies of BIRT: A Field Guide to Reporting<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_birt_a_field_guide_to_reporting>and Integrating
> and Extending BIRT<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_integrating_and_extending_birt>
> .
>
> Thanks to all who entered.
>
> Thanks also go to Addison Wesley <http://www.awprofessional.com/> for
> providing these great prizes.
> Winner of the book competition from the 26th of March
>
> Thanks to all those who entered, unfortunately there can only be one
> winner...
>
> Congratulations Mike Schwartz of Phoenix Arizona in the USA!
>
> Mike has won copies of Agile Java Development with Spring, Hibernate and
> Eclipse<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_agile_java_development_with_spring_hibernate_and_eclipse>and Red
> Hat Fedora Core 6 Unleashed<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_red_hat_fedora_core_6_unleashed>
> .
>
> Thanks to all who entered.
>
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> providing these great prizes.
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> Poll Results—What is the primary way in which you contribute to free
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> Would you install GNU/Linux on your grandmother's computer?<http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/polls/would_you_install_gnu_linux_for_your_grandmother>
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