On 06/13/2013 10:40 AM, Satabdi Das wrote: > I think these discussions are gradually shaping our identity and thoughts > as a group. > > I fully agree with Aruna. > > There are multiple reasons why people do not use FOSS. > - a myth that it is difficult to use > - habit of using Windows > - lack of knowledge of other FOSS alternatives are some of them. > > Lets aim to ease those obstacles and get people using and contributing to > FOSS. > > And personally, I have seen so many people totally unaware of their rights > and freedoms that our constitution guarantees, I have very little hope of > people understanding about freedom software if we tell them about it at the > first go. But at the same time, we all cherish these values and should try > to explain them to people. Somewhere we have to find a balance. > > Lets try to help people see that there are better FOSS alternatives and > once they start using it and find value in it they will hopefully > understand > > But in our communication with newbies, lets try to be > - positive > - polite > - helpful > - encouraging > > Thanks, > Satabdi
Yeah, this all sounds reasonable to me. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ WFS-India mailing list [email protected] Message archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: To unsubscribe, please login to your account at http://www.wfs-india.org/ and unsubscribe to the WFS-India list from your account settings. -- WFS-India - http://www.wfs-india.org
