Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Constructivne Comment request

[Michael Dorrington]

Matthew Edmondson wrote:
> Michelle is telling charity organisations that Linux is too hard/not
> ready (on the desktop).
>
> She makes some good points, but perhaps you guys can make some useful
> counter points.
>
> Sigh.
>
> http://www.zenofnptech.org/2008/06/linux-desktops.html
>
>
> Michelle is a typical tech and well listened to in both USA and UK.
>
> Constructive flames please
>
>
> : )

My constructive flame :) would be that this is the Manchester Free 
Software group list not the Manchester Linux group list. By that I mean 
we are interested in free "as in freedom" software not in a particular 
OS flavour[1]. In the article she doesn't mention about free software or 
freedom. She does mention open source software but in a way that to me 
implies "software I don't have to pay for". She doesn't explicitly say 
what her motivation for trying "Linux" but seems to me from the article 
that she's trying different OSes to see which is technical best for her. 
I'm all for enticing people in to free software by its technical merits 
but if they don't then start "getting" the free software idea and the 
freedom side of things then its a bit empty "win".

M.

[1] That seems to be up for debate! :) See the Mission statement wrangling!