[OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for a one pager write up for Why Open Source is good.

[Arnulf Christl]

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On 09/12/2013 02:43 PM, Barry Rowlingson wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:29 PM, María Arias de Reyna 
> <delawen+osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) 
>> <bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> I'm looking for a one pager write-up for a Booth display for
>>> why Open Source Software is a good bet for businesses.
>>> 
>>> Anything I can use freely or pointers would be appreciated.
>>> This is intended as an informational handout.
>>> 
>>> I have a start on something below, maybe it's easier for folks
>>> to add to these.  I'll go off and look some on Google
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Look for the four liberties of free software. Here are some
>> hints: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html And don't
>> use open, use free: 
>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html
>
>> 
> And don't say 'commercial', say 'proprietary' (if that's what you 
> mean). I'm surprised Arnulf hasn't already jumped in on that
> point!
> 
> Free and open source software can be commercial.
> 
> Barry

Haha, busy preparing my presentation "Introduction to Open Source" for
FOSS4G. Plus I had the hope that at some point the message would get
across and be picked up by others, and - Voila - it worked. :-)

- -- 
Arnulf Christl
http://metaspatial.net
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