[Tfug] TFUG Mailing List for Flames

Ammon Lauritzen allaryin at gmail.com
Thu Jun 17 13:30:37 MST 2010


I am quite happy to use non-free software that:

 1- runs on free and non-free operating systems and on a wide array of hardware
 2- doesn't charge end users a licensing fee
 3- doesn't charge me a licensing fee as a developer
 4- has >90% market penetration, higher among my target users

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Bowie J. Poag <bpoag at comcast.net> wrote:
> ....but Flash is ridiculously inefficient. Not to mention proprietary.
>
> Or are we saying that non-free software is ok, so long as we like what it
> does..
>
>
>
> On Jun 17, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Ammon Lauritzen <allaryin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Flash 10.1 is supposed to run like a dream on android. I thought I
>> read about people running it on 2.1 on nexus one and droid.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Will Stott <will at stottland.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Gracias, Meester Simpson
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jun 17, 2010, at 12:14 PM, Phil Simpson <pgsimpso at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Android apps are written in Java but the browser doesn't seem to
>>>> support applets if that is what you are asking.  Flash support is
>>>> coming in 2.2 which is supposed to be released any day now.  My
>>>> coworker's EVO 4G seems to already have flash support even though it
>>>> runs 2.1.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Phil Simpson
>>>> Systems Administrator
>>>> 623.252.2547
>>>> http://www.google.com/profiles/pgsimpso
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Will Stott <will at stottland.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Big J has spoken. He said that we should take this discussion to the
>>>>> paintball facilty of choice and have a Tucson Holy War. He also said
>>>>> that
>>>>> we
>>>>> should continue this conversation at the next Microsoft conference in
>>>>> Tucson. He continued with something about how I have no knowlege about
>>>>> unix
>>>>> or Linux and I probably couldn't even spell either of them, even if I
>>>>> was
>>>>> subscribe to a FUGgin mailing list.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, I may be lying about a few of the items above...
>>>>>
>>>>> Does the android / nexus / whatever support flash and java?
>>>>>
>>>>> Will
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 17, 2010, at 11:22 AM, Phil Simpson <pgsimpso at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Kowtowing to oversensitive zealots will also drive away potential
>>>>>> members.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Phil Simpson
>>>>>> Systems Administrator
>>>>>> 623.252.2547
>>>>>> http://www.google.com/profiles/pgsimpso
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Angus Scott-Fleming
>>>>>> <angussf at geoapps.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 17 Jun 2010 at 8:49, Glen Pfeiffer  wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 17 Jun 2010, Angus Scott-Fleming wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Perhaps TFUG should have another list "TFUG_Open" where there
>>>>>>>>> is no limit to topics.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://tfug.org/listserv.html
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The second bullet is the "flames" list.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Here's the sign up page:
>>>>>>>> http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/flames_tfug.orgo
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 1. For some reason the flames list is not listed on the TFUG mailman
>>>>>>> list
>>>>>>> page:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  www.tfug.org Mailing Lists
>>>>>>>  http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2. IMHO the list moderator, "tfug list run by bigj at tfug.org",
>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>> diverting all this nonsense to that list and leave this list for tech
>>>>>>> talk.
>>>>>>> IMHO. YMMV.  Offensive-to-whomever non-tech-talk does not belong here
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>> drive away potential members.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Angus Scott-Fleming
>>>>>>> GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
>>>>>>> 1-520-290-5038
>>>>>>> Security Blog: http://geoapps.com/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>> --
>> Ammon Lauritzen
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