[ubuntu-florida] Ubuntu on Central Florida cable news

[Gavin Baker]

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If everyone likes this so much, maybe take a minute to write the station
and let them know you appreciate their coverage:

http://cfnews13.com/About/Feedback/Default.aspx

Casey Doran wrote:
> Ok, I officially have a new favorite news outlet. Dugg, dugg again, and
> dugg some more-funny, a few years back I got on this very same station
> as a "robotics expert" for answering a question at a FLL tournament. 
> 
> News like this, though rather roughly condensed, makes me happy inside. 
> 
> Here's to freedom of the press, huh?
> 
> On Sun, 2007-11-18 at 19:58 -0500, David Grubnick wrote:
>> Best article this week.
>> Go Digg this.
>> Get it out there,
>>
>> On Nov 18, 2007 7:17 PM, Andrew Watts <systemstalker at gmail.com> wrote:
>>         Awesome
>>         
>>         
>>         On Nov 18, 2007 2:36 PM, Gavin Baker <gavin at gavinbaker.com>
>>         wrote:
> Ubuntu -- The "Other" Windows
> Central Florida News 13
> November 16, 2007
> 
>>>         http://www.cfnews13.com/Technology/YourTechnology/2007/11/16/ubuntu__the_39other39_windows.html
> 
>> Bill Gates will not like this -- it's the "other" version
>>>         of Windows --
>> and it's free. 
> 
>> Kurt the Cyberguy shows us how people are avoiding Windows
>>>         Vista with
>> an easy-to-operate, consumer-friendly alternative, called
>>>         Linux.
> 
>> An unexpected cat fight is about to happen in the tech
>>>         world. You've 
>> got this huge guy -- Bill Gates -- who for years has
>>>         dominated the face
>> of computers with his Windows operating system.
> 
>> From his creation, Microsoft, Gates has earned billions,
>>>         and the one 
>> guy shaking up his world -- aside from Steve Jobs from
>>>         Apple, who
>> rattles "the Billster" -- is Mark Shuttleworth, the
>>>         space-flying
>> billionaire who is going up against Gates in a software
>>>         showdown. 
> 
>> "Which is: Install the very best of free software, make it
>>>         available
>> for the industry free of charge," Shuttleworth said.
> 
>> Yes, Shuttleworth has made a free alternative to Windows.
>>>         The 
>> "Ubuntu" software is based on something geeks know well,
>>>         and now
>> everyday people will know better.
> 
>> Kurt put this free version to the test on a desktop and
>>>         laptop -- and 
>> he said it works well.
> 
>> With the ginormous size of Windows Vista, installations
>>>         have been
>> plagued with questions.
> 
>> "They are more confused and bewildered at it," one Geek
>>>         Squad 
>> spokesman commented. "I think they've never been asked so
>>>         many
>> questions in their life."
> 
>> Mention a simple and free alternative to the
>>>         not-free-at-all
>> Microsoft Windows, and Shuttleworth might be on to
>>>         something. 
> 
>> "If you call your second cousin, who you know is a bit of
>>>         a computer
>> guy, will he know about Linux?" Shuttleworth asked.
> 
>> "Word's creeping out about Linux," the Geek Squad
>>>         spokesman said. 
>> "Don't put it away, because it's going to be there for a
>>>         long time,
>> and it will eventually become mainstream enough that you
>>>         will see it
>> in mainstream markets."
> 
> Cheers,
>>         >
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