On Monday 16 May 2011 09:51:14 Roger Luedecke wrote: > On Sunday, May 15, 2011 10:49:11 PM Andreas Jaeger wrote: > > On Sunday, May 15, 2011 07:12:10 PM Roger Luedecke wrote: > > > One thing that keeps people from adopting Linux is the problem of > > > websites being designed using MS only technologies, or that block non > > > MS browsers or OSes. Would it be feasible for us to set up a list of > > > commonly used / important websites that do this, and lobby those sites > > > to adopt modern stadards, and to blitz whatever reviews possible to > > > indicate their failure and lower their ranking, thus pressutring them > > > to adopt standards? > > > > A lot is possible - but let's focus on what is at the heart of the > > openSUSE project and I suggest to find another project that will do that > > kind of lobbying and help them, > > > > andreas > > Well, I don't see why we couldn't get the initiative rolling. Not that such > a thing is for the ambassadors to dedicate their time to, but I think it > could be a aa good program. And every idea has to start somewhere. If you want to do it - that is fine. And yes, some openSUSE people might join you in it - as a Free Software community, we care about such things. But it is, as AJ said, not a core thing for us...
I don't really think "openSUSE" should be emailing websites to complain about their lack of standards-compliance. It doesn't make much sense for us. A project like the Free Software Foundation is about that stuff - not us.
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