Delay in MaNGOS packaging

No, I did not just drop plain dead in front of my Workstation :-)

It's been a while since my last release of a MaNGOS core Debian package and there are two reasons for this:

  1. Upstream seams to experience heavy server load at the moment which renders their message board completely useless.
  2. In the newest revision there were several changes to the item API which broke the AuctionHouseBot patch and due to point 1 I'm no able to check out new revisions via subversion.

Please be patient as I'm trying to release a brand new package by next week!

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My brand new snow shoes

Salewa EXCURSION COMBII finally bought them: a pair of Salewa EXCURSION COMBI snow shoes. Thanks to a competent supporter at Gigasport Graz I was able to make a choice and take them back home.

This weekend I will make a first hike near Kindberg in the Obersteiermark. So, let's hope for a snowy weather!

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Fasching an der MedUni

Auf besonderen Wunsch, die zwei Faschings-Chirurgen unserer Hardware-Abteilung: Hans & Gerd

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Don't make OOXML an industrial standard

It's time again. Microsoft pushes forward to get his new (and flawed) "Office Open XML", short OOXML , approved as an industry standard by the ISO.

While the last attempt was spoiled due to heavy, and in my opinion amorally, lobbyism from Microsoft, buying votes and forcing partner company into the committees to get the necessary votes, they now try to spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt across the members of the local ISO boards. Their claims target the need for several office formats to choose from eg. OOXML and ODF. It's unbelievable, that this argument is coming directly from the bowls of Redmond, as their current monopoly on office formats has earned them a f*cking huge load of profit. If ODF would not have been declared an ISO standard, Microsoft would never have cared to open up any of their office formats.

In order to stop Microsoft's attempt to elect a flawed format into an industry standard, i would like to direct you to the NO-OOXML petition which can be signed here: http://www.noooxml.org/petition

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