How would you explain things to the head of our Reference Department at Cambridge Public Library?...
a. How would you explain things to the head of our Reference Department at Cambridge Public Library?... The head of our Reference Department, an advocate of microsoft products, argues againt free software routinely! http://www.cambridgepubliclibrary.org/reference/ref2.html b. Are there any free software resources easy to grasp with no more than a glance?... as opposed to all the stuff one who's uninitiated must be motivated and take time to study.
2010/9/11 don warner saklad <don.saklad@gmail.com>
a. How would you explain things to the head of our Reference Department at Cambridge Public Library?...
The head of our Reference Department, an advocate of microsoft products, argues againt free software routinely! http://www.cambridgepubliclibrary.org/reference/ref2.html
I cannot find their arguments there.
b. Are there any free software resources easy to grasp with no more than a glance?... as opposed to all the stuff one who's uninitiated must be motivated and take time to study.
It is not easy to understand freedom. Most people think it is a question of better and cheaper software. Depending on your audience, they will value several things that freedom offers: auditability, modification, access to knowledge, privacy, shareability, promotes building of knowledge colaboratively, independence from supplier, free market of goods and services, etc. -- Saludos/Greetings Quiliro Ordóñez 593(2)340 1517 / 593(9)821 8696 Even The Troops Are Waking Up <http://tinyogg.com/watch/My8SB/> ACTA – Un acuerdo que puede garantizar la crucificción de internet<http://quiliro.wordpress.com> GNU should mean "GNU's not Ubuntu!<http://quidam.cc/03-03-2010/gnu-should-mean-gnus-not-ubuntu> "Lo único que se necesita para que triunfe el mal es que los hombres de bien no hagan nada." Sergei Bondarchuk Estas son opiniones personales y no representan la posición de organización alguna.
'T'would really help to know what the argument from your opponent is. That said, why have public libraries? Shouldn't people buy books? Why have freedom of speech? (Preventing Glen Beck from opening his mouth, does have a certain appeal, but it would shut down Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as well.) Why allow science when we have religion? Galileo and Darwin are dangerous! I would expect someone in the library business to be more in tune with the concept of both gratis and libre. And, if it's fear of the unknown, then why have computers, recordings, or anything else in a library that was not hand-transcribed by a monk with a quill? The printing press is a tool of the devil! Does the library contain any books on FOSS? On Sep 11, 2010 5:53 AM, "don warner saklad" <don.saklad@gmail.com> wrote:
a. How would you explain things to the head of our Reference Department at Cambridge Public Library?...
The head of our Reference Department, an advocate of microsoft products, argues againt free software routinely! http://www.cambridgepubliclibrary.org/reference/ref2.html
b. Are there any free software resources easy to grasp with no more than a glance?... as opposed to all the stuff one who's uninitiated must be motivated and take time to study.
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2010/9/11 Kevin Cole <dc.loco@gmail.com>
'T'would really help to know what the argument from your opponent is.
That said, why have public libraries? Shouldn't people buy books? Why have freedom of speech? (Preventing Glen Beck from opening his mouth, does have a certain appeal, but it would shut down Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as well.) Why allow science when we have religion? Galileo and Darwin are dangerous!
I would expect someone in the library business to be more in tune with the concept of both gratis and libre.
And, if it's fear of the unknown, then why have computers, recordings, or anything else in a library that was not hand-transcribed by a monk with a quill? The printing press is a tool of the devil!
Brilliant!
Does the library contain any books on FOSS?
I would rather use the term "Libre". It conveys the meaning of freedom better than Free, or Opensource. -- Saludos/Greetings Quiliro Ordóñez 593(2)340 1517 / 593(9)821 8696 Even The Troops Are Waking Up <http://tinyogg.com/watch/My8SB/> ACTA – Un acuerdo que puede garantizar la crucificción de internet<http://quiliro.wordpress.com> GNU should mean "GNU's not Ubuntu!<http://quidam.cc/03-03-2010/gnu-should-mean-gnus-not-ubuntu> "Lo único que se necesita para que triunfe el mal es que los hombres de bien no hagan nada." Sergei Bondarchuk Estas son opiniones personales y no representan la posición de organización alguna.
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