RE: Opinion: this publicity, Linux doesn't need

[Jane Zhang]

I agree Charlotte!

 

I think our main goal should be to make people aware that there are other
alternative to the Microsoft Platform, and to demonstrate what Linux can do.
We will not accomplish much by basing Microsoft, instead, we want people to
walk away eager to try out the live CDs. 

 

It's important for us to remember that the principles behind Free and Open
Source software is to allow the development of user-generated software
content through collaboration, and participate in a culture where we are
free to modify the software and redistribute back into the community. Our
main message to the public, to Microsoft, to the media should be about
collaboration, sharing, and accessibility to software. We are not there to
fight Microsoft, or to judge them for that matter. Let's leave it to the
public to form their own opinions okay?

 

See ya all there!

 

Jane

 

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From: Charlotte Curtis [mailto:curtisc at uoguelph.ca] 
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 11:04 AM
To: The Canadian Ubuntu Users Community
Subject: Re: Opinion: this publicity, Linux doesn't need

 

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-bri
ngs-the-penguin-to-the-ice-house/>
http://blog.tonyyarusso.com/planetubuntu/ubuntu-canadas-toronto-chapter-brin
gs-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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