Author: alan c Date: To: Tony Whitmore, Hampshire LUG Discussion List CC: Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Presentation on Free Software and Linux
Tony Whitmore wrote: > Can anyone recommend a presentation (preferably in OO.o Impress, PDF or
> PowerPoint format) to serve as an intorduction to Free Osftwaer and Linux. The
> audience would be technical people, but not Free Software / Linux fans.
> Ideally it would include the ethics of Free Software and an overview of the
> main Linux distributions.
I put together about 20 slides on this subject, for a talk to a
Reading group. I used intro subjects about our 'goldfish bowl' of the
retail environment, how it slants our expectations and also,
prejudices. How even large amounts to advertising money are now fairly
ineffective because we have wall to wall advertising. What chance Open
Source?
This leaves Open Source as a best kept secret etc
