Archive for December, 2007
Catalunya: 12 million euros for 4 more years of Microsoft
1 Comment Published by Alejandro December 22nd, 2007 in Catalunya, e-government, EU, Open sourceThe Catalan government (Generalitat de Catalunya) agreed on December 18 to spend around 12 million euros during the next 4 years for Microsoft software/services (information in Catalan/Spanish). According to them, this represents savings of 3 million euros in relation to the previous contract with the company. Some of the contract conditions are: Access to all available [...]
connectunlimited.info vs. Belgium’s limited and expensive broadband
3 Comments Published by Alejandro December 16th, 2007 in EUUPDATE: The domain connectunlimited.info is now canceled. I closed this campaign last month. After 2 years less than 500 people signed up. Some time ago, I mentioned in one of my posts in Blog of Change how expensive and limited broadband in Belgium is. With Telenet, a telecom company, For a bit more of 42 euros we get 10 mb download [...]
MyWorld is My World: Online and Offline Social Integration Beyond Departure, Reflection or Complementarity
1 Comment Published by Alejandro December 5th, 2007 in *OIINEWS, ResearchThis is the introduction of my last essay for Social Dynamics of the Internet: “MYWORLD IS MY WORLD: ONLINE AND OFFLINE SOCIAL INTEGRATION BEYOND DEPARTURE, REFLECTION OR COMPLEMENTARITY” Since its inception the Internet has been the object of a debate about its consequences on social relations. While the pessimistic approach represents it as a generator [...]
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