CYREX2K mowi:

Jan 20, 2012 - Thank you Karen Sandler for this amazing, heartfelt speech. You really hit some major points about why open source software is important, specially in your case but also many similar others where is critical to know the code.

BrokenBjartur mowi:

Jan 20, 2012 - I think she has had this exact talk before. Not complaining, really, it's most certainly interesting and raises an important issue. To add, I actually never considered this before Karen Sandler's talk.

totakeke mowi:

Jan 20, 2012 - Very important points. Even if you don't like Gnome Shell, in the end we are all on the same side, we are all still supporters of freedom and free open source software. We should stop arguing and bickering with each other, because our cooperation is crucial if we are to bring open source software to the masses. I don't care if people end up with KDE or Gnome Shell, just as long as they end up with free open source software in the end!

sollidsnake mowi:

Jan 21, 2012 - You should do a speech too :)

shtetldik mowi:

Jan 23, 2012 - Thanks, great talk. I hope Gnome and KDE plan to collaborate more on accessibility front,as well as on reaching to more general users.

scionicspectre mowi:

Jan 25, 2012 - For a few months there I kind of felt like open source had become an uphill battle, but GNOME 3 helped bring back into focus just how much of an impact free software makes, and can make, on people. New users especially seem to be very interested in GNOME 3 every time they see it, so it's a good situation. Also, when I heard Karen's first keynote (was it from GUADEC?), it sparked my imagination for how much further we can go with our software. I just hope it's not too late for libre phones. :\

heethen1 mowi:

Jan 29, 2012 - Give this great talk some informative description and better title please!

immak4u mowi:

Jan 30, 2012 - question: how do you tell if a lawyer is lying? answer: her lips are moving.

pixiemotion mowi:

Feb 8, 2012 - Great talk, she really should be on TED or something.

barbariandude mowi:

Feb 12, 2012 - I personally feel that the STRENGTH of linux is that you can choose Gnome, KDE, Cinnamon, XFCE, LXDE, etc etc. No matter what your "dream desktop" is, there's high chances that someone shares your idea, or that you can adapt an existing DE. I had a windows-using friend telling me "I wish there was a way to rightclick, and get a circle of options, and be able to click one. That would be my dream UI." He was shocked when I showed him Gnome Pie.

CaptainHollyShort mowi:

Feb 12, 2012 - Hour long advertisement for GNOME.

BeelzebubSE mowi:

Feb 12, 2012 - wat? She didn't talk anything about Gnome until 29min into the clip..

jbohmdklg mowi:

Mar 14, 2012 - I am not allowed to name names, but I may have worked on proprietary software that may have indirectly touched Karen's heart. The software did not deal directly with anything life critical, but it did have the potential to accidentally interrupt the doctors equipment while that equipment was talking to heart implants. It was not specifically for this use, but we got inspected. Main comfort: Our part can be removed without surgery and the doctor is always in the room during use.

jbohmdklg mowi:

Mar 14, 2012 - My thought as someone writing both free and non-free software: Firmware running inside the body or continuously connected to the body needs to be published and subject to peer review by the scientific community at large to the same degree that the chemical formulas of medical drugs need to be published. Software outside the body need less scrutiny, just like the chemicals used to clean the theater and the chemical composition of the scalpel is subject to less scrutiny.

Philmyassin mowi:

May 21, 2012 - Ugly Betty!