On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 10:32:02AM +0100, Alfons Adriaensen wrote: I haven't lived long enough or in the right place to know anything about this from personal experience. I wish I could personally apologize for and set right any wrongs of the past or present committed by the government of this country. But, I can't. I wish I could keep it from doing anything wrong in the future. But, I can't. I'm just one person who happens to have been born here. For what it's worth, I _am_ sorry, and I personally try my best to be a good citizen of the world. To the best of my knowledge RFA is a news organization and not involved in propaganda. A brief history of the company is available here: http://www.rfa.org/english/about/history/ While I cannot personally understand any of the languages in which RFA broadcasts, in my 4+ years here I've never gotten the sense that the broadcasters are under editorial pressure from outside the company. RFA is funded by vote of the US congress as stated here: http://www.rfa.org/english/about/president/ RFA has been on the air since 1996, long before the events of 9/11 in 2001. I went through the metro station at the Pentagon on my way to work not half an hour before the plane hit there. We could see the smoke from the roof here. RFA had already been broadcasting for nearly 5 years on that day. I sent the job announcement to the list because RFA has been a supportive environment for working on and using Free Software. Applications developed in house are released under the GPL on the technical operations website: http://techweb.rfa.org/. techweb also hosts a public mirror of the debian archive. I personally have the privilege of hosting the monthly DC Linux Users Group meetings in RFA's conference room. I see an opportunity here for future use of numerous linux audio applications in a working digital audio production facility that puts out 36+ hours of programming each day. I would be honored and excited if my new boss were to come from the linux audio community. -- Eric Dantan Rzewnicki | Systems Engineer I Technical Operations Division | Radio Free Asia 2025 M Street, NW | Washington, DC 20036 | 202-530-4900 CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. Any unauthorized dissemination, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. If you receive this transmission in error, please contact network(a)rfa.org.