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[Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Michael Gilchrist
<michaelgilch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> 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.

Aye, I'm with you there Gilbert.

>
>>
>> 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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