Hi, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote: > I think freedom and community are awesome things, but they don't > really appeal to most people that I've talked to. > > Think about some of the typical folks who use computers to accomplish > a few set tasks like writing email, reading Web sites, messing with > digital photos and their media player, using video chat to talk to > friends or family, doing their checkbook and/or taxes, playing video > games like World of Warcraft... > > How does "freedom" or "community" speak to those folks in a concrete > way? I don't think it does.
Well, let's see... email frees you from having to wait for the mail, or be in the same place as a person to talk to them. Digital photography frees you from having to pick & choose your shots, clean up photos after you've shot them, remove red eyes, ... And video chat - how liberating is *that*? When I talk about messaging around freedom & community, this is exactly what I'm talking about. Let's take back "free" as our word, in the "23 immutable laws" sense, since we are, after all, the Free computer system. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary OpenWengo Community Development Manager Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +33 9 51 13 46 45 Mob: +33 6 28 09 73 11 _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects
