Re: [Fsuk-manchester] Ubuntu begginers guide, reply

[Simon Ward]

On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 10:58:45PM +0000, João Pedro Forjaz de Lacerda wrote:
> I must agree with Michael on this. If done correctly, the philosophy talk
> will rather become a motivational talk -- what better students to have than
> those who are intrinsically motivated to learn? You might argue that being
> intrinsically motivated is a precondition to attending this event, but one
> might be motivated for the wrong reasons (don't forget that you're dealing
> with beginners).

This is exactly the reason I suggest starting off with a quick
introduction.  The introduction should be enough to motivate, and get
people wanting to learn more.  The learning more follows.

At the same time, we don’t alienate those less interested in the
philosophy.  If they’re not interested they’re not interested, but if
free software can benefit them in ways visible to them, those that
matter, then, while not as good as having people understand the
philosophy, it has more people using free software, and re‐claiming the
freedoms lost with proprietary software.

Simon
-- 
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
simple system that works.—John Gall

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