On 10 August 2012 12:23, Sunil Abraham <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if some of our Bangalore FOSS advocates are interested in > learning from the practices of religious evangelists :-) >
And behold, the foss-prophets will flourish, seeking donations and building large palaces unto themselves. By the fifth month of the fourth year, several FOSS evangelists will face trial for dodging taxes or be fired for servicing proprietary hardware in seedy motel rooms. FOSS militia will hole up in a compound in Waco armed with laptops and ... probably just laptops. Extreme FOSS groups will picket Apple show-rooms screaming, "God loves dead jobs" and "God hates GNU!" FOSS radio networks will announce the end of the world. In Bangalore, a foss-evangelist "walking in the spirit and falsehood will lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and beer; he shall even be the prophet of this people." (Micah 2:11) It is the End of Days. Sajan > > Best wishes, > > Sunil > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Technology Evangelists and Religious Evangelists — A Talk > by > Katherine Sydenham > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:00:14 +0530 > From: Sunil Abraham <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Sunil Abraham <[email protected]> > To: Mr. Sunil Abraham Sr. <[email protected]> > > > > Dear Sunil, > > Katherine Sydenham the University of Michigan School of Information will > deliver a lecture at the Centre for Internet & Society office in > Bangalore on August 10, 2012, from 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. > > *Abstract* > The current investigation explores the possibility of comparison of > techniques used by technology evangelists and religious evangelists. The > study sought informants from three major categories: proprietary > software evangelists, proponents of Free and Open Source Software > (FOSS), and religious evangelists of several religious traditions. A > preliminary analysis of qualitative data indicates that there are enough > similarities in strategies used by members from each group to make the > inquiry relevant. Early data also reveal significant differences in each > group´s strategy that may inform and shape future efforts on behalf of > technology evangelists to reach a wider audience for their products. > > *Katherine Sydenham* > Katherine is a doctoral student at the University of Michigan School of > Information. Her research in the Information and Communication > Technologies and Development (ICTD) field focuses on technology adoption > by marginalized communities. Her background is in Religious Studies and > Library and Information Science. Her summer internship at Microsoft > Research is exploring the strategic similarities between technology > evangelism and religious evangelism. > > Date: August 10, 2012 > Time: 5.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. > Venue: Centre for Internet and Society, 194, 2-C Cross, Domlur Stage II, > Bangalore (Near Domlur Club and the TERI Complex) > > Thank you > Sunil Abraham > Executive Director > Centre for Internet & Society > Unsubscribe > #194, Second 'C' cross > Domlur Second Stage > Domlur > Bangalore, 560071 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > network mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in > >
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