[Discussioni] UNESCO e Microsoft
Andrea Glorioso
sama a miu-ft.org
Mar 25 Gen 2005 19:29:12 CET
Ciao a tutti.
( Quoto ancora tutto per dare il contesto, visto che rispondo a me
stesso - sperando di fare cosa utile ai lettori della lista - a
distanza di settimane
)
Breve riassunto: UNESCO fa un accordo con Microsoft (vedi mia prima
prima). Questo accordo e` segreto per un certo periodo di tempo,
dopodiche` salta fuori (vedi mia seconda mail).
Adesso Francis Muguet, sulla lista del gruppo di lavoro PCT (Patent,
Copyright and Trademarks e *non* Patent Cooperation Treaty come avevo
inizialmente pensato :) riferisce che:
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From: "Dr. Francis MUGUET" <muguet a mdpi.org>
Subject: [Wsis-pct] Microsoft-UNESCO - agreement / accord [Fwd: unesco]
To: PCT-WG <wsis-pct a fsfeurope.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 02:16:10 +0100
Sorry for cross-posting, but some of you
are reading your messages off line, so
please find attached the agreements
Francis
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Hello,
I just now noticed this mail ( fwd below ) while
searching in my past messages.
After the UNESCO Press conference 17 November 2004 which
I attended, we tried, Djilali and me in vain to get
UNESCO to post the UNESCO-M$ agreement on the
UNESCO site. Finally, with the help of BPEM, we got
a scanned version online at
http://www.wsis-pct.org/unesco-miscrosoft.html
and
http://www.wsis-finance.org/gov-doc-en.html
At GFC4 ( 10 January ) I brought with me the UNESCO-M$
agreement and I showed it to the delegates of GFC countries,
who were unaware to this agreement made in reference to
the WSIS and were puzzled that text was kept "secret".
I discussed also this point with Karkkins that assured
me that he will see to it.
It seems that he was efficient.
The next stage should be to ask that this agreement
should be translated in French and Spanish.
Best regards
Francis
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: unesco
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:04:47 +0100
From: Moorhead, Victoria <V.Moorhead a unesco.org>
To: muguet a wtis.org
Dear Dr Muguet,
On behalf of the Director-General, I would like to acknowledge with
thanks receipt of your communication, in which you ask UNESCO to make
public the details of the agreement signed between UNESCO and Microsoft
on 17 November 2004. I am pleased to advise you that the ful text of the
cooperation agreement, together with the Director-General's speech, is
available online at the following web address :
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17589&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
<http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17589&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html>
With regard to the comments on FOSS, please note that UNESCO remains
very interested in the free and open source development model and as
reiterated by the Director-General, will continue to support the ongoing
and future activities in this field. UNESCO would like to emphasize that
the agreement with Microsoft is not an "either/or" situation - it is not
mutually exclusive of other relationships.
Yours sincerely,
Abdul Waheed Khan
Assistant Director-General for
Communication and Information
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>>>>> "Andrea" == Andrea Glorioso <sama a miu-ft.org> writes:
> (Quoto tutto per dare il contesto)
>>>>> "Andrea" == Andrea Glorioso <sama a miu-ft.org> writes:
>> Ciao a tutti.
>> http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17459&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Press Conference with UNESCO Director-General and Microsoft
>> Chairman Bill Gates 04-11-2004 (UNESCO)
>> UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura and Microsoft
>> Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates will give a
>> press conference at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France on
>> November 17 (Room II, at 11.30 a.m.) following the signing of a
>> Cooperation Agreement.
>> Mr Matsuura has qualified the agreement as “an opportunity for
>> UNESCO to put into practice the international strategic
>> partnership advocated by the United Nations to bridge the
>> digital divide.”
>> The agreement defines eight areas in which UNESCO and Microsoft
>> will work together, exchanging experience, know-how and
>> developing projects:
>> - Education and learning;
>> - Community access and development;
>> - Cultural and linguistic diversity and preservation;
>> - Digital inclusion and capacity;
>> - Exchange and promotion of best practices on the use of ICT
>> for socio-economic development;
>> - Fostering web-based communities of practice including content
>> development, knowledge sharing and empowerment through
>> participation;
>> - Facilitating exchange of information and of software
>> applications;
>> - Sharing expertise and strategies.
>> The agreement with Microsoft is part of UNESCO's cooperation
>> with a growing coalition of private sector stakeholders, such
>> as Intel, l'Oréal, DaimlerChrysler and Hewlett Packard.
>> Journalists wishing to attend the press conference must request
>> accreditation from
>> (Souce: UNESCO Media Advisory No.2004-75)
>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> Qualcuno sa qualcosa di piu` di questo accordo?
> http://www.wsis-pct.org/unesco-miscrosoft.html
> MICROSOFT - UNESCO COOPERATION AGREEMENT
> * UNESCO & Microsoft Agreement. These files were scanned
> from the documents given at the [7]Press Conference on Nov. 17,
> 2004. Despite our numerous requests to UNESCO, these documents
> were neither put online at the UNESCO site ( is UNESCO ashamed ?
> or does not want to emphasize it too much ? ) nor translated
> into French or Spanish ( is UNESCO respecting linguistic
> diversity ?). ( If somebody has a good [8]OCR program, please
> transform our scanned images files into text files, and please
> let me know, so that I could upload the text files on this site,
> thanks ! ) * [9]Matsuura speech * [10]Agreement * [11]Appendix.
> 9. http://www.wsis-finance.org/DOCS/Matsuura.pdf
> 10. http://www.wsis-finance.org/DOCS/Microsoft-agreement.pdf
> 11. http://www.wsis-finance.org/DOCS/Appendix.pdf
> Ciao,
> -- Andrea Glorioso sama a miu-ft.org +39 333 820 5723 .:: Media
> Innovation Unit - Firenze Tecnologia ::. Conquering the world
> for fun and profit
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