Hi everyone,
I've just posted the first of a two-part blog essay about free and open
source software (FOSS) and its role in education. The first part
explores the basics, offering definitions of open source software,
freeware and free software, which many people erroneously use
Don Cameron wrote:
Yes I agree OSS offers enormous benefits to society... No I do not agree
that OSS is a mouse in any context other than in the games of OSS
marketers. To be objective is to acknowledge that benefits and pitfalls
exist in all development methodologies.
Cheers, Don
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To all concerned global FOSS Bodies, ICT stakeholders UN-GAID,
The results of the selection of committees or stakeholders is not acceptable
by the (Civil Society) Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Movement. The
FOSS Movement has been deliberately sidelined again as was done during the
Hopping in.
Don Cameron wrote:
The term Open Source Evangelist (Wikipedia ref:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_evangelist) has common use however
my apologies if you find the term misleading; activist if you prefer.
I think quite a few people find such labels misleading. I've never
