[Glastonbury] free & open

Sean Miller glastonbury at mailman.lug.org.uk
Fri Sep 19 19:59:00 2003


On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 12:04, tech (lug) wrote:
> Good Work Steve,
> 
> This is a valid point. The term "open source" sounds a lot more 'proper'. 
> Sadly "free" does have those connotations, so when it comes to 
> advertising/explaining Linux/GNU/etc to people who have never come across it 
> before it's a useful way of describing things. However it is good to explain 
> that there is in fact a difference once people have gained an initial 
> understanding.
> Just my 2p

Hi Tim,

Is your clock up the creak again? Or has your message just taken a long
time to arrive?

Must work out how to get Ximian Evolution to format dates correctly....
2003-09-19 ? Means nothing to anybody !! :-)

But very glad to be back using Linux for my e-mail....

Sean