[Foundation-l] Report to the Board of Trustees: October 2008

Tue Dec 16 07:54:35 UTC 2008

Hoi,
When you run an organisation, stability in procedures ensures that you get
work done. Procedures are to a large part dependent on the tools that are
used. If anything it is disruptive to have to continually assess
alternatives in software because of external factors. It is also expensive
and I do say that there is enough where the WMF underspends.
Thanks,
        Gerard

2008/12/15 effe iets anders <effeietsanders at gmail.com>

> Nice page. But could you perhaps also list the non-free software used there
> sometime, so that the community could suggest otherwise? :)
>
> 2008/12/15 Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org>
>
> > 2008/12/14 effe iets anders <effeietsanders at gmail.com>:
> > > But also have a small additional suggestion. Would it be nice to the
> > > chapters to have somewhere a list of all major software WMF is using?
> As
> > a
> > > suggestion list? For example, GIMP for promotional images editing etc,
> so
> > > that the chapters have an easier time looking for free software on
> > > accounting etc. Would be great!
> >
> > I started a page for this purpose a while ago:
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/FLOSS-Exchange
> >
> > We have a mixed Mac/Linux office environment. We're not currently
> > using open source software for accounting and for more complex design
> > work. Most calendaring is done via Google right now.
> > --
> > Erik Möller
> > Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
> >
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