REPOST- I sent from wrong address and it got trapped in moderation. sorry <disclaimer> I run 100% open source I am a parent </disclaimer> Having nothing to do with hosef i'll chime in. the hosef group seems ( by looking at the photo gallery and projects) focuses a lot on hardware for some reason. This was made clear when reference was made about the hosef listserver(the physical machine from what I interpreted). Why the focus on the machines? Anyone can host a list serve. I know for a fact multiple companies would host a hosef server for free. Hosef also seems to focus a lot on children. This is very commendable but does very little for the long term effective goal of open source advocacy. Hosef also seems to have a business allergy. Hosef should be educating businesses how to leverage open source software to their benefit and bottom line. When business start become useres and understanders of open source the result will be more open source at home and at schools. Hosef needs to be much more involved in the business community. The for the children bit seems more like a novelty and "cheapens" the image of the oss community. Moving machines and installing ubuntu for kids seems like a very low level of operation.
Helping people make money with oss != evil Just my 2 cents worth.. On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Jim Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 26, 2008, at 5:03 PM, Angela Kahealani wrote: > > > what is the "right" alternative you propose instead? > > A fundamental refocusing of HOSEF away from eWaste and back to > advocacy and education about Free and Open Source. > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-hosef.org > _______________________________________________ LUAU@lists.hosef.org mailing list http://lists.hosef.org/listinfo.cgi/luau-hosef.org