<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="generator" content="Osso Notes"> <title></title></head> <body> I just got around at reading "the cathedral and the bazaar" though some things are well over my head it seems to be current even at 8 years of age. Really fun read an a lot learnt for 7 quid. I would talk about the buisness model or the "gift culture" thing dpending who is the public. don't IBM use linux? -- Sent from my Nokia N900 Please do not send me word documents plain txt or pdf are prefered. ----- Original message ----- > Excellent, thanks. I plan on bringing up that Google use Ubuntu inhouse > and have done since 2006 (that I'm aware of.) If you know of any huge > companies that use it too, please let me know.' > > > *Dino Tassigiannis BA (Hons)* > > <<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/&gt">http://www.ubuntu.com/&gt</a>; > > > > On 23 May 2011 21:01, Barry Titterton > <<a href="mailto:barry.titterton@mail.adsl4less.com">barry.titterton@mail.adsl4less.com</a>>wrote: > > > On Mon, 2011-05-23 at 14:07 +0100, Dino T. wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to > > > Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and > > > show students that they can save money using free/open source > > > software. This is scheduled for around September 2011. > > > > > > What do you suggest we cover? Has to be very basic too for beginners > > > and if they want to learn more, we'll be providing sheets out to > > > links etc. > > > > > > Dino T. > > > > > I recently did a Linux Awareness talk for a local computer club. I > > based the talk around these points: > > What is Linux and Open Source? > > What do you get? > > What are the advantages? > > What are the disadvantages? (You need to be honest). > > And because linux take up is poor in the UK I did a round up of who > > uses linux around the world to show that it isn't a niche Geek way of > > working. > > Also students are very keen on Fairtrade so push the FOSS = > > Fairtrade/Ethical Computing as well. > > > > Barry > > > > > > -- > > <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> > > <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> > > </body> </html>