On 21/06/11 12:17, alan c wrote: > Yesterday I gave a short talk at the London event of 'Africa > Gathering', an organisation which: > 'provides a space to bring technophiles, thinkers, entrepreneurs, > innovators and everybody else together to talk about positive change > in sustainable development, technology, social networking, health, > education, environment and good governance in Africa' > > The event was at the Guardian News & Media, Kings Place, London. 120 > or so people attended. > > A show of hands indicated that about a quarter were already aware they > were using Ubuntu or similar, and about two thirds were using some > free software (such as Firefox) somewhere. The media ecosystem is of > course a bit Mac rich. > > My talk was a short sharp 5 minutes (timed!!) slot. In a slot like > this there is time only for carefully chosen words, and I aimed to > make it interesting, informative and revealing. > > For your information the content is copied below: > > =================================================== > 'Africa Gathering' Talk, Ubuntu, 5 minutes > > Ubuntu is an African word, a philosophy, it means (roughly speaking) > 'Humanity to others'. Nelson Mandela said of Ubuntu - a travelling > stranger would be given food and water naturally, without having to > ask for it. He said this is part of what Ubuntu means. > > Since 2004 - Ubuntu has also been - An African solution for computers. > African entrepreneur, Mark Shuttleworth, made millions of pounds using > 'Libre software', Free software. He said he could only have done it > with Libre software. He created Ubuntu to give something back to the > Libre software community. His company, Canonical, sponsors Ubuntu. It > is free of charge. > (Companies make money from Libre software by selling services, not > selling software) > > I use Ubuntu, and so do my friends and family use Ubuntu on their > computers. I help a local charity, they now use Ubuntu. If people want > to use Ubuntu I help them. > > 'Ubuntu' runs on your computer. It is an operating system for your > computer. It can be a new computer, or a recycled computer. Maybe > even an incomplete computer - one without even a 'hard drive' - > Ubuntu will still work! > > It is excellent software. I have used it for 6 years. It may be > gratis, (free of cost), but most important, "Libre Software" is free > of restriction in use! Free of restrictions in examining the code! > Free of restrictions in making your own version! Free of restrictions > in copying! It is created by the Community, for the world, in the > spirit of Ubuntu! It is free software, yet it is copyrighted 'OPEN'. > > Are you surprised it is not in the shops? . . . . . When did shops > sell 'Community'? > > It is changing people's lives inside and outside Africa! > It changed my life. I now love to use my computer. It is fast and > secure, I love the community support, and I contribute to it when I > can. I love the Ubuntu philosophy, and I love to use this with my > computer. > > For business: value can be created locally - it can be created in > Berkshire (UK) where I live, or created in Africa where Ubuntu was born. > > The OPEN code is freely shared - this is very good for the community - > worldwide - and local community, anywhere it is used. It helps to > create a sharing, caring community. Using and helping with > Ubuntu, you gain from your own actions, AND you gain from the > community! You are part of the community. A Win-Win. > Companies freely contribute code because they get more back from the > community than they spend. > > The OPEN CODE allows Local Opportunities: > self education from examining the code, skills in computers, > encouraged from strong community support. It allows local support to > develop, and importantly allows local services to be created - > This all brings local value, encourages local entrepreneurs, and > produces local prosperity. > > Ubuntu has about 20 million users worldwide and it is growing fast. It > changed my life. It can change yours too. > > It can help change Africa's future. > > African software for Africa! > > Ubuntu! > > > =================================================== > > In time there may also be web content from the event > > Links: > http://www.africagathering.org/events/africa-gathering-london-2011/programme > http://www.africagathering.org/events/africa-gathering-london-2011 > > I note that my photo and bio are not appearing on the site, I am told > that this is probably due to admin overpressure more than anything else.
Video is now online: http://www.africagathering.org/videos and specifically (me) - http://vimeo.com/25657514 Hope you like it. I also have made a home video of me giving a slightly modified version of the original talk, and this was used in a Cardiff local club ('dorkbot' meeting) recently. I represented Ubuntu and 'Attended' the meeting via skype and teamviewer and gave a short demo and handled a few questions too. (I do not have a public link to the home video). In terms of ongoing 'activity', I continue to run monthly computer fair 'Infopoint' tables at my local (Bracknell) computer fairs. I am happy to share the materials with anyone who would be interested. I recently purchased a Ubuntu pre installed notebook 'Meenee' - excellent value. It is surprising that so little has been publicised about this machine. Meenee MNB737 13.3 inch Laptop (Black) , 320 GB hard drive , 2 GB RAM , Bluetooth , webcam, wifi, Ubuntu it was 225 pounds, but has increased to 235 lately. Perhaps people are finding out how good it is. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
