[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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