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

[Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)]

Hi Barry,

Point taken.  But proprietary was harder (for me) to spell  :c)

I do see the difference though.

Bobb



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From: b.rowlingson at gmail.com [mailto:b.rowlingson at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Barry Rowlingson
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:43 AM
To: María Arias de Reyna
Cc: Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul); discuss at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for a one pager write up for Why Open Source is good.

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:29 PM, María Arias de Reyna <delawen+osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) 
> <bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
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>> I'm looking for a one pager write-up for a Booth display for why Open 
>> Source Software is a good bet for businesses.
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>> Anything I can use freely or pointers would be appreciated. This is 
>> intended as an informational handout.
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>> 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
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>> Thanks in advance.
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> Hi,
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> 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