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Re: [nexa] Migrazione verso la suite OpenOffice: la svolta open source della Regione Emilia-Romagna

by Marco Trotta

Il giorno 15 ottobre 2013 15:56, Paolo Brini <paolo.brini(a)iridiumpg.com> ha scritto: Bella notizia! > > Per scrupolo: sono comunque consapevoli che OpenOffice.org è una suite non > più sviluppata ed abbandonata da parecchio tempo (quasi 2 anni mi pare) e > che quindi andrebbero considerate alternative tipo LibreOffice o Apache > OpenOffice? O magari con Open Office si intende proprio una di quelle? > Dovrebbe essere Apache OpenOffice. Le sperimentazioni sono partite prima del noto fork.

Oct. 15, 2013

Re: [nexa] Migrazione verso la suite OpenOffice: la svolta open source della Regione Emilia-Romagna

by Diego Giorio

In realtà, per esperienza personale, posso assicurare che Apache OpenOffice aggiorna regolarmente anche la vecchia suite di OpenOffice. Saluti a tutti Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:56:06 +0200 From: paolo.brini(a)iridiumpg.com To: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it Subject: Re: [nexa] Migrazione verso la suite OpenOffice: la svolta open source della Regione Emilia-Romagna On 10/15/2013 03:27 PM, Marco Trotta wrote: Un mio commento che parte dall'annuncio dell'adozione di Open Office da parte della RER, per ragionare su qualche scenario futuro. http://iperbole2020.comune.bologna.it/blog/open-office-emilia-romagna/ Commenti graditi. Bella notizia! Per scrupolo: sono comunque consapevoli che OpenOffice.org è una suite non più sviluppata ed abbandonata da parecchio tempo (quasi 2 anni mi pare) e che quindi andrebbero considerate alternative tipo LibreOffice o Apache OpenOffice? O magari con Open Office si intende proprio una di quelle? Ciao, Paolo _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

Oct. 15, 2013

Re: [nexa] Migrazione verso la suite OpenOffice: la svolta open source della Regione Emilia-Romagna

by Paolo Brini

Oct. 15, 2013

Migrazione verso la suite OpenOffice: la svolta open source della Regione Emilia-Romagna

by Marco Trotta

Un mio commento che parte dall'annuncio dell'adozione di Open Office da parte della RER, per ragionare su qualche scenario futuro. http://iperbole2020.comune.bologna.it/blog/open-office-emilia-romagna/ Commenti graditi. MT

Oct. 15, 2013

Berkman Center Webcast live oggi ore 18.30 - Getting from No to Go: Social Media-Fueled Protest Style From Arab Spring to Gezi Protests in Turkey

by Giuseppe Futia

Getting from No to Go: Social Media-Fueled Protest Style From Arab Spring to Gezi Protests in Turkey http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2013/10/tufekci * Zeynep Tufekci, assistant professor at the University of North Carolina and faculty associate at Berkman Center for Internet & Society* Today, 6.30 pm Webcast live: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast http://nexa.polito.it/berkman-webcast-live What can we learn from the protest wave of the last years? How does social media impact the capacity for collective action? Does social media contribute to blunting movement impacts by facilitating horizontal, non-institutional and "leaderless" movements? How do these movements compare with their predecessors like the civil-rights or anti-colonial movements? I discuss these questions by drawing from research on a variety of social movements including the "Arab Spring", European indignados movements, Occupy and Turkey's Gezi protests. About Zeynep Zeynep Tufekci is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, a faculty associate at Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and a fellow at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University.

Oct. 15, 2013

NYTimes: Privacy Fears Grow as Cities Increase Surveillance

by J.C. DE MARTIN

http://nyti.ms/19EsPar NYTimes: Privacy Fears Grow as Cities Increase Surveillance A program in Oakland, Calif., is one of the latest and most contentious examples of cities using big data technology, and federal dollars, for routine law enforcement. (not only typed on the go, but also subject to the influence of a capricious spelling corrector - apologies for any typos)

Oct. 14, 2013

DC on Network Neutrality @ IGF

by Luca Belli

Buongiorno a tutti, Per chi fosse interessato: Dear all, Please find below the outline of the Report of the Dynamic Coalition on Network neutrality (DC) as well as the draft agenda of the DC meeting that will take place at the IGF, on 25 October, from 9 to 10:30, in room 7. After a brief introduction and a keynote, the DC meeting will be structured as an open and interactive debate. The authors of the position-papers, which have been selected for the DC Report, will take part to a roundtable aimed at analysing the content of the DC Report and, particularly, discussing the Model Framework on Network Neutrality that has been elaborated by the DC over the last three months.The Report will be officially released at the DC meeting and then will be published on the DC website under CC Licenses.Please, do not hesitate to contact me (in private) should you have any questions or suggestions pertaining to the aforementioned initiatives.All the best,Luca THE IMPORTANCE OF NETWORK NEUTRALITY FOR THE INTERNET OF TOMORROWREPORT OF THE DYNAMIC COALITION ON NETWORK NEUTRALITY ForewordPreface (Marietje Schaake)Introduction – Framing the Network Neutrality Debate: a Multi-Stakeholder Approach towards a Policy Blue-print (Primavera De Filippi and Luca Belli)Network Neutrality and Human Rights: An Input Paper (Luca Belli)The Importance of Internet Neutrality to Protecting Human Rights Online (Andrew McDiarmid & Matthew Shears)Net Neutrality from a Public Sphere Perspective (Francesca Musiani & Maria Löblich)Net Neutrality: Ending Network Discrimination in Europe (Raegan MacDonald & Giusy Cannella)Network Neutrality under the Lens of Risk Management (Alejandro Pisanty)Net Neutrality and Quality of Service (Louis Pouzin)Net Neutrality: Past Policy, Present Proposals, Future Regulation? (Chris Marsden)Privatised Online Enforcement Series (Joe McNamee)A Discourse-Principle Approach to Network Neutrality: A Model Framework and its Application (Luca Belli & Matthijs van Bergen) Conclusion MEETING AGENDA · Brief introduction (Luca Belli 5 minutes): · Keynote (Chris Marsden 10 min):· Interactive debate involving the DC-Report authors (or their spokespeople) and the attendees (50 min)· Participatory analysis of the Model Framework on Network Neutrality (25 min) · Conclusion and Next Steps Luca Belli Doctorant en Droit PublicCERSA,Université Panthéon-AssasSorbonne University

Oct. 14, 2013

MIT Tech Review: "Data Discrimination Means the Poor May Experience a Different Internet"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*Data Discrimination Means the Poor May Experience a Different Internet* /A Microsoft researcher proposes "big data due process" so citizens can learn how data analytics were used against them./ By David Talbot on October 9, 2013 Data analytics are being used to implement a subtle form of discrimination, while anonymous data sets can be mined to reveal health data and other private information, a Microsoft researcher warned this morning at /MIT Technology Review/'s EmTech <http://www2.technologyreview.com/emtech/13/> conference. Kate Crawford <http://www.katecrawford.net/>, principal researcher at Microsoft Research, argued that these problems could be addressed with new legal approaches to the use of personal data. In a new paper <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2325784>, she and a colleague propose a system of "due process" that would give people more legal rights to understand how data analytics are used in determinations made against them, such as denial of health insurance or a job. "It's the very start of a conversation about how to do this better," Crawford, who is also a visiting professor at the MIT Center for Civic Media, said in an interview before the event. "People think 'big data' avoids the problem of discrimination, because you are dealing with big data sets, but in fact big data is being used for more and more precise forms of discrimination---a form of data redlining." [...] Continua qui: http://www.technologyreview.com/news/520131/data-discrimination-means-the-p…

Oct. 11, 2013

Neelie Kroes: "Internet Governance: I want your views!"

by Andrea.GLORIOSO＠ec.europa.eu

[ Apologies if you receive duplicates. Please do share this message widely ] Dear colleagues, dear friends, I would like to share with you the recent blog post by Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, on Internet Governance. The blog post is accessible at http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/en/content/internet-governan… and also reproduced below for ease of reference. Vice-President Kroes highlights some of her key thoughts on the main challenges for the governance of the Internet and calls upon everyone to share their views on how the Internet should be governed and what Europe's role should be. Such online engagement will take place via the Digital Agenda website at https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/content/europe-and-internet-global-c…. Importantly, as part of this online engagement a discussion paper was produced and put online at https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/sites/digital-agenda/files/131007%20pub…. I would encourage all of you to express your views. +++ Internet Governance: I want your views! <http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/en/users/neelie-kroes> Published by Neelie KROES<http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/en/users/neelie-kroes> on Wednesday, 09/10/2013 As digital agenda commissioner I have long fought hard to keep the Internet driving positive change - helping Europe's economy and society. And now we are asking for your views on internet governance<https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/content/europe-and-internet-global-c…>. I have fought especially hard for an open Internet. As a network of networks, no one person or country owns the Internet, but we do need a clear set of rules that everybody needs to play by. I have defended such rules at international conferences on the Internet, most recently at the Internet Governance Forum in Baku - and, in particular, resisted attempts<http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-12-922_en.htm> by others to push for significant increases to the scope of International Telecoms Regulations at the recent WCIT meeting in Dubai. But since then a lot of things have happened. We have heard about massive surveillance operations by secret services, within Europe as well as the US. Of course we are extremely concerned by what that means for personal data protection. But this also has deep implications for the governance of the Internet. It is clearly influencing how some international partners are thinking<http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45955&Cr=General+Debate&Cr1=>. And it is even more important now that we agree on common principles for Internet governance, and how decisions are made in all Internet-related matters. This autumn will be crucial in many ways. In Europe, I am proposing ambitious measures to bring down barriers within our connected continent<http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/en/content/building-connecte…>. That's a priority for me, and a priority for our economic future, which I hope EU leaders will take seriously at their forthcoming summit<http://www.european-council.europa.eu/council-meetings?meeting=760391ff-5b5…>. But, at the same time as we bring those barriers down, I want to avoid new ones going up. Later this month, Internet world leaders are meeting at the Internet Governance Forum<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/> in Bali. I am sorry that, for the first time, I cannot be there in person myself. But I would like to contribute, both to make clear how closely and seriously we are watching this debate, and to stress the importance of having a clear and robust framework for Internet Governance and policy-making as soon as possible. As it stands today, the conclusions of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) are the only international-level political agreement on Internet governance; and they are the subject of several consultations. Particularly important among those consultations are the discussions in the "WSIS+10" High-Level Event<http://www.itu.int/wsis/review/mpp/>, and the UN Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation<http://unctad.org/en/Pages/cstd.aspx>; I hope many of you will be contributing. The Internet is increasingly the forum for so much of our lives; from transacting through commerce or banking; to interacting through social networks; to communicating with governments or pushing for democratic change. It's clear to me that the Internet is a European strategic domain - and, although the internet is a different kind of place to the "real world", our stance towards it should be underpinned by just the same values, priorities and interests as everything else. This digital age needs a new social contract. Decisions that affect the Internet shouldn't be taken just by politicians, companies or technicians alone, without any reference to common principles. So I believe that the new social contract must be based on sound principles. My starting point here are those in the Compact<http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/en/blog/i-propose-a-compact-…> I first floated a couple of years ago; like that the Internet should remain open, unified, pro-democratic, enabling trust and confidence, and based on transparent, multi-stakeholder governance. Recent news shows just how fragile this balance of values can be; important efforts to tackle terrorist threats cannot be at the expense of fundamental freedoms. But we also must have a clearer view of what we mean when we speak of "multi-stakeholder processes". I worry that without a clear definition, everyone will claim that their decision processes are inclusive and transparent, when in practice they are not - as was shown recently, when the Governmental Advisory Committee of ICANN pressed on regardless - in spite of the EU's legitimate concerns<http://www.icann.org/en/news/correspondence/kroes-to-chehade-crocker-12sep1…> on new domain names. As you may have seen, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff recently set out her strong belief in multi-lateral cooperation<http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45955&Cr=General+Debate&Cr1=> as a basis for Internet governance. I am looking forward to seeing further details - but in principle I very much support that line. Plus, our future Global Internet Policy Observatory<http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/en/blog/gipo> will help give a more balanced view of how the Internet should be governed. And I know many of these issues will also be discussed in Bali. But I want to take this seriously. These are my thoughts: but I want yours too; your ideas on how the Internet should be governed and what Europe's role should be. For the next four weeks, please share your views on the dedicated web page<https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/content/europe-and-internet-global-c…>. +++ Best, -- Andrea Glorioso (Mr) European Commission - DG Communication Networks, Content and Technology Unit D1 (International relations) + Task Force on Internet Policy Development Avenue de Beaulieu 25 (4/64) / B-1049 / Brussels / Belgium T: +32-2-29-97682 M: +32-460-797-682 E: Andrea.Glorioso(a)ec.europa.eu Twitter: @andreaglorioso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.glorioso LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1749288&trk=tab_pro The views expressed above are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission. Les opinions exprimées ci-dessus n'engagent que leur auteur et ne sauraient en aucun cas être assimilées à une position officielle de la Commission européenne. Be transparent - Sign up to the European Commission's Register of Interest Representatives http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regrin

Oct. 10, 2013

Barabasi: "Scientists must spearhead ethical use of big data"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Ecco l'appello di A-L Barabasi citato dal grande Ciro Cattuto ieri al "mercoledì di Nexa": http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/scientists-must-spearhead-ethical-use… juan carlos

Oct. 10, 2013