Hi FSFE,
A victory at Sheffield City Council (see below)!
Cheers,
Simon
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: WebManager WebManager@sheffield.gov.uk Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:20 PM Subject: RE: References to Adobe To: Simon Linskill simon.linskill@gmail.com
Hi Simon
Thank you for your email.
In the interests of fairness I've removed all links to Adobe.
Cheers Ian
Ian Wharin Web Manager Communications and Performance Team Deputy Chief Executive's Team Sheffield City Council Room 302, Town Hall Pinstone Street Sheffield S1 2HH (0114) 20 37765 0785 415 2568 *ian.wharin@sheffield.gov.uk* ian.wharin@sheffield.gov.uk *****www.sheffield.gov.uk* http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/ *****www.eventsheffield.com* http://www.eventsheffield.com/ The Definitive Guide to What's On in Sheffield
------------------------------ *From:* Simon Linskill [mailto:simon.linskill@gmail.com] *Sent:* 06 January 2011 11:15 *To:* WebManager *Subject:* References to Adobe
Hi there,
I've noticed that Sheffield City Council's website contains references to Adobe's Acrobat pdf reader. As pdf is an ISO standard, public sector institutions should not be giving free advertising to one company. Here are three examples:
http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/council-tax/what-you-pay/appeals-against-banding http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/council-tax/if-you-dont-pay-on-time/recovery-pol... http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/safe--sound/social-services/your-care-record/con...
An alternative link to a list of free alternatives (that are not encumbered by patents, and follow open standards) can be found at the link below:
http://pdfreaders.org/index.en.html
Many thanks,
Simon
Carrington Road Sheffield
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Hi Simon,
Thanks for your good work with the Sheffield city council !
On 01/07/2011 01:40 PM, Simon Linskill wrote:
A victory at Sheffield City Council (see below)!
I've checked the website, and if there is progress, victory is not totally acquired yet ...
Just check here :
http://www.google.de/search?hl=de&client=firefox-a&hs=Vuc&rls=or...
There are still some pages with the same advertisement...
Without giving them this link, could you get back to the webmaster of their website, asking kindly that they scan again to "remove the links to Adobe that may have been forgotten in the process" ?
As a motivation for them, I have marked them on our list [1] as soon being neutral towards PDFreaders. I'll change that once I see the website clean from every mention of Adobe.
Thanks again for your work, and don't hesitate to write me if you have any questions or worries about how to handle this.
Regards
Maëlle Costa
[1] http://www.fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/buglist.en.html#GB
Hi Sam,
do you want to reply on that? Perhaps it is good to make a short blog entry about the UK progress?
All the best, Matthias
* Simon Linskill simon.linskill@gmail.com [2011-01-07 12:40:57 +0000]:
Hi FSFE,
A victory at Sheffield City Council (see below)!
Cheers,
Simon
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: WebManager WebManager@sheffield.gov.uk Date: Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:20 PM Subject: RE: References to Adobe To: Simon Linskill simon.linskill@gmail.com
Hi Simon
Thank you for your email.
In the interests of fairness I've removed all links to Adobe.
Cheers Ian
Ian Wharin Web Manager Communications and Performance Team Deputy Chief Executive's Team Sheffield City Council Room 302, Town Hall Pinstone Street Sheffield S1 2HH (0114) 20 37765 0785 415 2568 *ian.wharin@sheffield.gov.uk* ian.wharin@sheffield.gov.uk *****www.sheffield.gov.uk* http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/ *****www.eventsheffield.com* http://www.eventsheffield.com/ The Definitive Guide to What's On in Sheffield
*From:* Simon Linskill [mailto:simon.linskill@gmail.com] *Sent:* 06 January 2011 11:15 *To:* WebManager *Subject:* References to Adobe
Hi there,
I've noticed that Sheffield City Council's website contains references to Adobe's Acrobat pdf reader. As pdf is an ISO standard, public sector institutions should not be giving free advertising to one company. Here are three examples:
http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/council-tax/what-you-pay/appeals-against-banding http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/council-tax/if-you-dont-pay-on-time/recovery-pol... http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/safe--sound/social-services/your-care-record/con...
An alternative link to a list of free alternatives (that are not encumbered by patents, and follow open standards) can be found at the link below:
http://pdfreaders.org/index.en.html
Many thanks,
Simon
Carrington Road Sheffield
Sheffield - Where Everyone Matters The information in this email is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the addressee, please tell us by using the reply facility in your email software as soon as possible. Sheffield City Council cannot accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of this message as it has been transmitted over a public network. If you suspect that the message may have been intercepted or amended please tell us as soon as possible. Sheffield City Council may monitor all email passing through its networks.
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Hi
On 01/10/2011 02:39 PM, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
Hi Sam,
do you want to reply on that? Perhaps it is good to make a short blog entry about the UK progress?
I've talked with Sam about this mail, and since the entry is not totally solved, I asked Simon if he could ask the council again, and put Sam in Cc.
Regards