On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Paul Whitacre <[email protected]>wrote:
> Nicholas, > > Overall, I felt your points are very good. > > I would only disagree with the first sentence in the last paragraph > "Ubuntu itself is a flavor of Linux that is an attempt to create an > operating system that can overthrow the Microsoft Windows operating > system as the most used operating system in the world of computers." I > know that is a stated goal of Ubuntu, but in reality, I don't see that > happening. > > I agree. And I think that sentence could easily be misconstrued as Ubuntu being a group of people that hate Microsoft and are just out ruin them. I think its much more about using great software and an enjoyment of creating a great product as a community. > Also, there are negatives to going with Ubuntu, albeit, they can be > dealt with. As a user, the one that I have experienced, is the lack of > driver support for hardware - video boards, printers, scanners, etc. A > compilation of existing hardware and compatibility with Ubuntu should be > done early on in a study. > > Another would be whether there are software applications for your > business, or do they need to be developed. > > Paul > > On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 10:34 -0400, Nicholas Lawson wrote: > > Ubuntu OH: > > > > > > > > I am working on generating a small amount of literature for the > > function at Media Bridges and have been trying to download my > > thoughts into a cohesive form for dissemination to my Public Media > > Community. I would be interested to know how you feel about the > > following paragraphs and whether or not you think I as a non developer > > understand the premises that your FOSS community adheres to: > > > > > > Do you agree with the following and if not what would you change and > > why? > > > > > > > > Open Source Introduction: > > > > > > > > The Open Source Mindset is one of altruism. It is an efficient mindset > > that channels ones talents and abilities into a community in extremely > > pragmatic and organized fashion. Here at Media Bridges we are > > interested in becoming immersed into this Open Source Community and > > would like to embrace the mindset and the culture that the Open Source > > world adheres to. The main point that I would like to stress when > > organizatinonally enterting into a relationship with the FOSS > > commuinty and to realize that you and your organization can itself > > become involved in the community and influence the direction that the > > software evolves in. Embrace the idea of fostering relationships with > > the developers who are creating your software and think more community > > and less retail. Retail software wants your money and wants to give > > you software and then that is the end of the transaction. The Open > > Source Software community is much different. You can download the > > software you think is good for you, email the developers and get > > direct feedback from the creators and then you could for instance send > > them a small gift thanking them for their work and intermingle with > > them in the IRC Chatrooms that they frequent. You can enter into a > > relationship with the FOSS community where the retail software world > > has more proprietary secrets to hold back from you the FOSS world has > > no barriers to their information. > > > > > > > > FOSS gives you access to all of the source code that is available for > > a piece of software and if you so choose and have the ability you can > > alter the code to serve your needs and then you can offer your changes > > to the FOSS community in the spirit of sharing your improvements with > > others who may be interested in the same solutions as yourself. The > > Open Media Project is an example of this ethic at work in the Public > > Media world where Drupal has been chosen as a Content Management > > System. Over the last three years the Community Media Community has in > > pockets been creating a set of online components that add > > functionality to the Drupal CMS in such a way that crews can be > > managed and developed for production, equipment can be organized for > > distribution, and distribution schedules can be arranged by the > > community. The FOSS community and its ethics allows for a number of > > stations to collaborate and create solutions among them that make > > their lives easier and because the product is information management > > once the solution is found and developed it is then instantly > > available to all participating parties and is even available to all > > non participating parties. The FOSS is interesting because it exists > > outside of the world of high finance. It would seem that originally > > before the internet was developed it was necessary for pockets of > > programmers to work in conjunction with each other in close quarters > > in order to develop software because they needed a way to communicate > > and learn from each other and they needed appropriated space to do > > this hence Microsoft and IBM. With the advent of the internet these > > collectives could be competed with by pockets of programmers using the > > internet as their organizing catalyst with the intent of developing > > solutions that exist in spaces where finance is not necessary to > > deliver quality concepts. Linux is an example of a product that has > > been created by a community of developers using the tools available to > > them. > > > > > > > > Ubuntu itself is a flavor of Linux that is an attempt to create an > > operating system that can overthrow the Microsoft Windows operating > > system as the most used operating system in the world of computers. > > The reason why it makes sense that this is not unachievable is because > > the software operates on FOSS principles. These principles when > > adhered to allow for the highest levels of innovation and quality > > production because the entire community that accepts the FOSS > > community can become involved in the building of something essentially > > perfect. The community of Ubuntu is creating a solution that is > > already receiving high accolades and it literally has forever to > > mature and develop and on a long enough timeline the FOSS system > > overtakes all other models of software development because the FOSS > > community is operating out of altruism and is building a foundation > > for itself that is much firmer than retail volume controlled > > software. > > > > > > > > Nicholas > > > > 513 312 5204 > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. 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