[Lincs] Free Software / Open Source: The enabler for Social Inclusion? - ...

Thomas thomasknowles at gmail.com
Wed Apr 23 11:25:07 BST 2008


20/05/08I have no idea if it's BCS Only.

2008/4/23 Russell Boyce <russell.boyce at ntlworld.com>:

>  What date is the talk on?
>
> Russell
>
>
> On Tue, 2008-04-22 at 12:02 -0400, AngelLaHash at aol.com wrote:
>
> mmm what day
>
>
>
>  In a message dated 21/04/2008 22:12:53 GMT Standard Time,
> thomasknowles at gmail.com writes:
>
>  Greetings all,
>
> It has been rather quiet on the mailing list front, though it has just
> been announced that:
>
>
> http://ossg.bcs.org/2008/04/19/free-software-open-source-the-enabler-for-social-inclusion-lincoln-200508/
>
>  Eddie Bleasdale has been working in the area of Unix and now Linux / Free
> Software since the early 1980's. He was responsible for the development of a
> range of Unix computers that were manufactured by BT. For the European
> Commission he was responsible for the development of the Open Source
> Migration Guidelines. See: http://www.netproject.com/docs/migoss/v1.0/
>
> This presentation will address the issues using technology to enable
> Social Inclusion. It will consider the following questions: How can the UK
> Government / the European Commission achieve their objectives of providing
> care in the community? Can this be achieved using existing mainstream
> technology? Does the Free / Open Source community offer both the technology
> and the support to provide the public with secure, reliable computing that,
> with use, gains the trust of the users?
>
> This is a Joint meeting between OSSG and BCS Lincolnshire.
>
> Venue: EMMTEC Building at the *University of Lincoln<http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/>
> *, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS. For directions click *here<http://lincolnshire.bcs.org/lumap.pdf>
> *
>
> Talk commences at 1900 hours with light refreshments from 1830 hours.
>
>
> If it takes anyone's fancy.
>
> All the best.
>
> --
> Thomas Knowles
>
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