[Glastonbury] interesting meeting_thanx

[tim hall]

s~TV wrote:

> oh and thanks to Andrew for his help with sorting out what Free and 
> Open actually mean.
> experience has taught me that most of the punters i am trying to get 
> to try GNU/Linux and/or FreeBSD don't really care about the OSS/FS 
> debate until after they have tried it and got into what it all means, 
> but i appreciate the discussion and advice. 

Actually I found out about GNU & FSF first. I know that a lot of people 
in Glastonbury are concerned about the Corporate Monopolisation of the 
world versus Ethical Trading in general. I think a lot of local 
alternative businesses might be persuaded to migrate if they were aware 
of the options and aware of LUGoG's existence and the availability of 
local support. One of the Big selling points round here is the number of 
local websites being hosted on Linux Servers. It worked for me. :-)

> christian at the gazette wanted something simple and i think that what 
> i supplied him with was still too complicated for most readers.
> anything in the future that requires publicity i will ask in deference 
> either you or martin to provide. 

Again, I think we can pool our skills on this one via the List & 
Website. I am a competent writer and editor -  as a newbie I may be able 
to help translate rather lengthy technical explanations into more 
concise user-friendly passages. I'm sure we could WIKI something up 
between us.;-)