Linux free software movement

[Rich Littleton]

This seems like a very good thing to stay in touch with.  

1.	Can the techies, at some point, evaluate the general doability of
this.

2.	Should the board set up a small task force to look into the Linux
options?

Good monitoring, Doug.

Rich

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On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Doug Schuler wrote:

> 
> 
> I'm *definitely* supposed to be doing everything but posting here...
> 
> But..
> 
> I just finished an article on Linux and the free software movement.
> These hackers (from all over the world) are working together to build
> open-source operating system, software tools, and, recently, a public
> domain GUI (called gnome - pronounced guh-nome).  They seem to be taken
> very seriously -- especially in third world countries that can't afford
> version 173.2.1 updates, etc.
> 
> My questions --
> 
> 1. Do *we* (community networkers) offer anything analogous?  (Seems to
> me that the Usenet newsgroups may be the closest thing.  What's our
> connection to THEM?  will the web put THEM out of business?  I wonder
> how their numbers are growing. )
> 
> 2.  How can *we*  build bridges with them?  Is there a natural fit:
> public software, public information, public communication?
> 
> The Technology Review article closed with a quote from Gandhi:
> 
> First they ignore you, then they laugh, then they fight, then they
> lose.
> 
> 
> -- Doug
> 
> BTW, The Peter Kollock and Marc Smith book on "Communities in Cyberspace"
> is now out.  It has lots of empirical study on usenet newsgroups,etc.
> (Routledge)
> 
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