Comments on: Spanish Presidency web failure (and Van Rompuy isn’t much better) http://www.jonworth.eu/spanish-presidency-web-failure-and-van-rompuy-isnt-much-better/ Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:44:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Alfonso FR http://www.jonworth.eu/spanish-presidency-web-failure-and-van-rompuy-isnt-much-better/comment-page-1/#comment-125512 Alfonso FR Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:44:19 +0000 http://www.jonworth.eu/?p=3033#comment-125512 It is not the first time that a spanish web of political content has been hacked, defaced or denied of service: http://alfonsoycia.blogspot.com/2008/04/ciencia-ministerios-defacements-y-otras.html Spain is a country where informaticians are the largest rate of engineers by a long shot (close to 200,000), who, far than to bloom and thrive, they rot in low salaries and overcontrol from the corporate lobbies, forced to emigrate to countries where their profession is at least regulated, not to mention socially acknowledged and minimally respected. Apart from that, the current president did make some angry declarations accussating the previous government (from the popular opossition) of wiping all data from computers previous to his arrival at La Moncloa. That, combined with some polemic movements in the intellectual property debate from the two last ministers of culture, is not helping to improve the perception of computer literate spaniards about the previous and current government's digital policies. They seem to prefer fighting each other than to work for a modern XXIst century society. It is not the first time that a spanish web of political content has been hacked, defaced or denied of service:
http://alfonsoycia.blogspot.com/2008/04/ciencia-ministerios-defacements-y-otras.html
Spain is a country where informaticians are the largest rate of engineers by a long shot (close to 200,000), who, far than to bloom and thrive, they rot in low salaries and overcontrol from the corporate lobbies, forced to emigrate to countries where their profession is at least regulated, not to mention socially acknowledged and minimally respected.
Apart from that, the current president did make some angry declarations accussating the previous government (from the popular opossition) of wiping all data from computers previous to his arrival at La Moncloa. That, combined with some polemic movements in the intellectual property debate from the two last ministers of culture, is not helping to improve the perception of computer literate spaniards about the previous and current government’s digital policies. They seem to prefer fighting each other than to work for a modern XXIst century society.

]]> By: opencms_login http://www.jonworth.eu/spanish-presidency-web-failure-and-van-rompuy-isnt-much-better/comment-page-1/#comment-125511 opencms_login Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:22:02 +0000 http://www.jonworth.eu/?p=3033#comment-125511 Hello, It is also amazing that the internal opencms administration interfaz is public, opened to internet!! http://www.eu2010.es/system/login/index.html Hello,

It is also amazing that the internal opencms administration interfaz is public, opened to internet!!

http://www.eu2010.es/system/login/index.html

]]> By: Brusselsblogger http://www.jonworth.eu/spanish-presidency-web-failure-and-van-rompuy-isnt-much-better/comment-page-1/#comment-125504 Brusselsblogger Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:35:40 +0000 http://www.jonworth.eu/?p=3033#comment-125504 The real problem is that the president of the European Council does not even have a proper website. It's just a sub-page of the horrible Council website which is the one needing the most urgent overhaul. By the way: The Van Rompuy website is EN only. Not even the 2-page factsheet is available in anything else than EN, FR and SE. Just compare with Ashton's website: at least in 2 languages, and with a design that is ok. So it can be done in 1 month. The real problem is that the president of the European Council does not even have a proper website. It’s just a sub-page of the horrible Council website which is the one needing the most urgent overhaul.

By the way: The Van Rompuy website is EN only. Not even the 2-page factsheet is available in anything else than EN, FR and SE.

Just compare with Ashton’s website: at least in 2 languages, and with a design that is ok. So it can be done in 1 month.

]]> By: Ralf Grahn http://www.jonworth.eu/spanish-presidency-web-failure-and-van-rompuy-isnt-much-better/comment-page-1/#comment-125500 Ralf Grahn Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:41:59 +0000 http://www.jonworth.eu/?p=3033#comment-125500 Even if the Spanish Council presidency has failed to introduce interactive features, I hope that they notice the critical viewpoints a number of eurobloggers have arrived at independently and from different angles. Much can be improved fairly quickly, if the will is there. Even if the Spanish Council presidency has failed to introduce interactive features, I hope that they notice the critical viewpoints a number of eurobloggers have arrived at independently and from different angles.

Much can be improved fairly quickly, if the will is there.

]]> By: Henning http://www.jonworth.eu/spanish-presidency-web-failure-and-van-rompuy-isnt-much-better/comment-page-1/#comment-125499 Henning Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:08:12 +0000 http://www.jonworth.eu/?p=3033#comment-125499 van Rompuy's video blogs are particularly dull! van Rompuy’s video blogs are particularly dull!

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