What do you want from the tx loco?

[Brandon Tomlinson]

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Jacob Isreal <jisreal at jacobisreal.com> wrote:
> I'd like to see more community outreach to convert users of Windows.  I have
> gotten several friends who know nothing about Ubuntu other than it runs
> perfectly.  People don't switch because they don't know.  I'd also lie to
> see a project or two that will make a process or task easier for a school or
> nonprofit.

I love the school ideas, but we also want to watch out on the 'covert'
line of thought. Awareness is one thing, but with communities like
ours, there is a thin line between awareness promotion and zealotry
then can do more harm than good. I've seen mailing list discussions
with schools that get down right ugly, and create more hostility for
the FOSS movement than "positive awareness".

(not to say I'm opposed to promotion of FOSS -particularly Ubuntu as a
FOSS solution-, just that we should go beyond the call of duty to
appear classy while doing it.)