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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Maria,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Hmm, interesting reading. Thanks for the links.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">So, would you think saying FOSS is better as a general label? I’l looking at all this from a sales angle for my specific need. A lot of folks have heard of “Open Source” for
example, but I’m not sure how many might be able to distinguish the difference with “Free and Open Source . . .” that being said, I don’t have a problem labeling things as FOSS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Bobb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> delawen@gmail.com [mailto:delawen@gmail.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Marķa Arias de Reyna<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:30 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)<br>
<b>Cc:</b> discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for a one pager write up for Why Open Source is good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) <<a href="mailto:bob.basques@ci.stpaul.mn.us" target="_blank">bob.basques@ci.stpaul.mn.us</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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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.<br>
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Anything I can use freely or pointers would be appreciated. This is intended as an informational handout.<br>
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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<br>
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Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Look for the four liberties of free software. Here are some hints: <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">And don't use open, use free: <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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Here are some benefits that Open Source software gives you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">You are not prohibited from using Commercial Software in the mix.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">The act of using OpenSource software in general is also promoting the Open-Data concept as well as Open-Standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">You are not requiring other potential business partners to use Commercial Software in order to use your services and get at your data in an unfettered manner, nor
to serve their data to you. Interoperability is considerably enhanced. The big commerical packages offer these capabilities as well, but beware of special situations and process additions that still bind your process to a commercial package.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">bigger picture view is that OpenSource should be thought of as a method for keeping business operations open and inter-operable across boundaries and jurisdictions. And to be thought of
as a business best practice. It's not about going 100% OpenSource, even though you can if you want to, but to provide a system and mechanisms that work for both proprietary and open technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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