Hi Barry, Point taken. But proprietary was harder (for me) to spell :c)
I do see the difference though. Bobb -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barry Rowlingson Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 8:43 AM To: María Arias de Reyna Cc: Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul); [email protected] Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Looking for a one pager write up for Why Open Source is good. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:29 PM, María Arias de Reyna <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:08 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I'm looking for a one pager write-up for a Booth display for why Open >> Source Software is a good bet for businesses. >> >> Anything I can use freely or pointers would be appreciated. This is >> intended as an informational handout. >> >> I have a start on something below, maybe it's easier for folks to add >> to these. I'll go off and look some on Google >> >> Thanks in advance. > > > > Hi, > > Look for the four liberties of free software. Here are some hints: > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.en.html > And don't use open, use free: > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html And don't say 'commercial', say 'proprietary' (if that's what you mean). I'm surprised Arnulf hasn't already jumped in on that point! Free and open source software can be commercial. Barry _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
