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[Claudine Chionh]

On 09/03/06, Henrik Nilsen Omma <henrik at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> More to the point, I'll take the opportunity to introduce myself. I
> manage TheOpenCD project [1], which is a sister project of Ubuntu and is
> primarily focused on increasing awareness of open source (via the
> Windows platform in that particular case).

Hello Henrik! Thanks for your work on TheOpenCD. I think it's a
worthwhile strategy to make Windows users aware of FOSS; it might lead
some of them to investigate Linux.

Live/bootable CDs have been multiplying recently. There are some
specialist live CDs with specific audiences, like Quantian for science
[1] and the Linux Genealogy CDs [2]. I've been thinking about how I
could encourage public health researchers to use Linux or FOSS.
Specialist live CDs seem like a way to gently introduce people to new
software without making them worry about installing a new operating
system. Do you think this is a useful approach?

Claudine

[1] http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html
[2] <http://gramps-project.org/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=19&MMN_position=33:9>

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Claudine Chionh <claudinec at gmail.com>
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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