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8/29/10

2011 - The European Year of Volunteering

2010 a fost cu siguranta anul declarat al saraciei si al excluziunii sociale...

Nu stiu cat de mult s-a imbunatatit situatia dar stiu ca lumea nu va deveni mai buna decat daca participam cu totii activ la lupta cu problemele sociale.

De la anu vom avea o justificare in plus sa o facem fiindca Comisia a decis ca 2011 sa fie anul european pentru voluntariat! Se cauta logo, slogan si mai ales multi voluntari ;)

Haidem cu totii sa dam o mana de ajutor: sunt convins ca vom avea ocazia ;)

8/27/10

forget the Commission, have Brussels FUN !!! Part 1...

Yes, it passed...the vacation, I mean :(

I said that you are not ready yet for boring talks about the Commission, the functionaires, administration...bla bla bla ... so I will show you what is happening in Brussels!

...the city where almost everyone wants to come, and after no one wants to leave ;)



8/4/10

Specific romaneste

Ambasada Romaniei la Bruxelles - Sectia Consulara. In incercarea de a accesa serviciile de legalizare.

Dupa nu mai putin de 3 usi si vreo 2 culoare ajung in sala de asteptare: nici un birou de informatii, doar 2 ghisee greu vizibile din cauza multimii: de ce romanii nu stau niciodata la coada unul in spatele celuilalt ci intotdeauna in gramada de rugby?

Pe toti peretii scrie mare: "Atentie se FILMEAZA!!!" E chiar asa mare realizare ca Ambasada a instalat camere video?

Ahh, si nelipsitul: "Aer conditionat: va rugam inchideti usa!"; era cu adevarat conditionat de existenta aparatelor de aer, care lipseau cu desavarsire...

Nu pot accesa nici unul din cele 2 ghisee:

  • unul are obloanele trase si din cand in cand se ridica pentru a fi strigat un nume (ex. "Domnul Les"). Domnul Les vine, patrunde in gramada, semneaza si obloanele se inchid la loc. Urmeaza rafale de injuraturi savuroase. Din cand in cand unii pleaca lipsiti de speranta.

  • celalalt are obloanele deschise dar e lipsit de activitate. In fata mea vreo 10 persoane asteapta cu emotie. Sugarii plang, parintii fac misto invartind cheile de la masina pe deget iar romii injura ca la usa Ambasadei (nu a cortului...)
Plec si eu dupa 30 de minute de stat degeaba, de la stat...

Este incredibil cat de bine se pastreaza spiritul asta "romaneste": cum de reusim intotdeauna, oriunde ne-am duce sa replicam cu atata fidelitate sistemul asta administrativ atat de profesionist si eficace?

Ironia amara ramane singura noastra alinare...

8/3/10

EC vs IBM

It's IBM turn to be investigated for anti-trust practices for tying of mainframe hardware to its mainframe operating system. The Commission initiative sustains the complains filled by T3 and Turbo Hercules, plus a second incentive that concerns alleged discriminatory behaviour towards competing suppliers of mainframe maintenance services.

IBM is rejecting the accusations and defends by saying: "we are fully entitled to enforce its intellectual property rights and protect the investments we have made in our technologies".

Conspiracy theory is also invocated by IBM: "The accusations made against IBM by Turbo Hercules and T3 are being driven by some of IBM's largest competitors - led by Microsoft".

EC already has won against major players like Microsoft (see my old post) so let's see what will happen now...
 
PS: for more details and business context analysis, check this blog: that focusses on how patents frightens free and open source software (FOSS).

8/1/10

Photos From Inside

From today, this is where you could discover my photographic adventures and ideas: Photos from Inside.

I've recently started but I hope to improve rapidly ;)

Have fun !!!