[plug] Linux seminar at ECU.

[Oliver White]

Mike Holland wrote:

> Oliver,
> I'd avoid the term "free software" in favour of ESRs "open source". For
> any Windoze user, "freeware" is associated with all those crappy
> binary-only utilities, including shareware, nagware etc. The term seems to
> have caught on, and is easier than talking beer vs. speech.

I don't have a problem with using the term Open Source, though I'd like to
present both the Ideology (Free Software) as well as the Methodology (Open
Source).

>   Inspire them with the examples like Linux and Apache. (Dont mention
> Mozilla :-( )   What are some good examples of true free-ware in the
> Win32 world? (any?)

Hmm. A positive angle is probably a good idea, yes. On windows... hmm...
dunno really.

>   Its great to spead the word at Edith Cowan, but I think you can
> concentrate there. The serious universities alreay have _plenty_ of Linux
> advocates. <duck>

Bleh.

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Oliver White