-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/12/2013 02:43 PM, Barry Rowlingson wrote: > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:29 PM, María Arias de Reyna > <delawen+os...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) >> <bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I'm looking for a one pager write-up for a Booth display for >>> why Open Source Software is a good bet for businesses. >>> >>> Anything I can use freely or pointers would be appreciated. >>> This is intended as an informational handout. >>> >>> I have a start on something below, maybe it's easier for folks >>> to add to these. I'll go off and look some on Google >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> Look for the four liberties of free software. Here are some >> hints: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html And don't >> use open, use free: >> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html > >> > And don't say 'commercial', say 'proprietary' (if that's what you > mean). I'm surprised Arnulf hasn't already jumped in on that > point! > > Free and open source software can be commercial. > > Barry
Haha, busy preparing my presentation "Introduction to Open Source" for FOSS4G. Plus I had the hope that at some point the message would get across and be picked up by others, and - Voila - it worked. :-) - -- Arnulf Christl http://metaspatial.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlIx1MEACgkQXmFKW+BJ1b2JTACfeHAm1nWfePDnuXFvmYNlm8IX 8mQAn2wEbwTnv+JYyVtq6ulRNiwCHdLY =qWhR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
