[Lincs] Free Software / Open Source: The enabler for Social
Inclusion? - ...
Russell Boyce
russell.boyce at ntlworld.com
Wed Apr 23 11:06:27 BST 2008
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,
> Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS. For directions click
> here
>
> 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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