Re: Opinion: this publicity, Linux doesn’t need

[Claude Larochelle]

Charlotte, I agree.  We don't need to look as extremist.

Claude

2007/2/2, Charlotte Curtis <curtisc at uoguelph.ca>:
>
> Just want to put in my two cents...
>
> If we were to cause a ruckus/create mayhem, that would be
> counterproductive to the cause and pretty stupid.  If we're not respectful
> of the microsoft people as well as the general public, then all we're doing
> is affirming their suspicions that linux folks are all evangelical
> anti-establishment geeks.  I think the opportunity here is the fact that we
> have a group of people who will probably be more susceptible to listen to us
> for 2 reasons:
>
> 1 - If they're actually interested in Vista, then they're probably a
> little more interested in computers than the average person
> 2 - If they're not interested in Vista and were just drawn to the ice
> house, then they're probably just as likely to be drawn to a 10-foot penguin
>
>
> As long as people are well dressed and courteous and don't try to be too
> pushy, I think this is as good an opportunity as any to spread the word.
>
> Charlotte
>
> On 2/2/07, Anthony Yarusso <tonyyarusso at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> > I'm sorry you got a bad impression of this effort from your initial
> > search engine sleuthing.  I just wanted to let you know that it's not
> > anywhere near as nefarious as your initial results (or your selections
> > from them) make it out to be.  Much of what you quoted from the
> > mailing list were things said in jest, which is understood in context
> > among the people who frequent the list, but is less apparent to an
> > outsider (perhaps we need <joke> tags since this is publicly
> > archived).  I wanted to clarify that the intent is NOT actually to
> > cause mayhem of any kind, nor destroy any Microsoft or other private
> > property, or even disrupt festivities - I think we can all agree these
> > would indeed be bad things, as you wrote.  The "official" plan if you
> > will is to educate people passing by or killing time waiting to get
> > into the Ice House about the dangers of Vista's licensing terms and
> > the advantages and availability of free open-source software
> > alternatives, in a completely respectful, legal manner (and I do fully
> > expect anyone who wanted to actually do the sorts of things you quoted
> > would be prevented from doing so).  It is unfortunate that you got a
> > bad impression of the effort from select excerpts of mailing list
> > posts (and also that you missed much of the related discussion on
> > IRC), but am confident that today's events will come off without any
> > problems - or at least none caused by the Ubuntu Toronto group, and
> > the discussion about legality and dealing with police was only in
> > order to be prepared if confronted about what's going on, which again,
> > should be kept entirely legal and orderly, and hope that you will
> > change your mind afterwards.
> >
> > You can also read my blog post about it
> > (http://blog.tonyyarusso.com/planetubuntu/ubuntu-canadas-toronto-chapter-brings-the-penguin-to-the-ice-house/
> > ),
> > Dave Sullivan's post (http://dave-sullivan.com/entries/4/ ), and the
> > press release which was sent out
> > (http://www.tonyyarusso.com/files/ubuntu-to_press_release.txt)
> >
> > Tony Yarusso
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