Hi, Rajarshi spewed the following electrons:
> But we have to face the fact that there are lots of people using non free s/w. > Does that mean we refuse to allow people who use non free software to view > information content produced by the LUG? This seems to me to be sort of a > viscious cycle: unless you're using OSS s/w you cant view OSS info (ie info > produced by a LUG) and unless you're able to view such info, how do you get > to know about OSS s/w? <snipped> > to a person in Calcutta (on dialup) who has read of OSS somewhere, wants to > know a little more, comes to the Cal LUG site and finds out that he cant view > any of the slides. Do take a look at http://www.ilug-cal.org/stats/OSREP.html. Linux is *definitely* the largest block out there, but following it is Win* variants, and not a very insignificant numbers either. Public the PPTs from OO if that makes you feel kosher ;-) Actively advocating an exclusionist FLOSS policy is IMHO being as bad as the worst of MSFT/proprietary world. cheers, --indra. -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
