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[Michael Gilchrist <michaelgilch@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Paul Whitacre <yort1024@xxxxxxxxxxxx>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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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