[clug] Software Freedom Day

[Naveen Venugopal]

hi mike,
I have very little experience with the FOSS community say 3 months.. So i am considering myself as a newbie.. Isn't tat correct mike??
cheers,
Naveen


----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Carden <mike.carden at gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009 11:36 am
Subject: Re: [clug] Software Freedom Day
To: CLUG List <linux at lists.samba.org>

> We could probably have another go at what we did 2 years ago. We set
> up a stall at the Computer Fair with info and machines running cool
> FOSS. Chris and I freaked people out by handing out free 
> software CDs,
> some with Windows FOSS and some Linux distros. We had some fun, though
> peoples' reactions were funny when we tried to give them stuff for
> nothing.
> 
> The stall was well attended all day as you might expect at a computer
> fair but even though the audience was pre-selected to have an interest
> in computers it was astonishing just how many people had no idea at
> all of FOSS.
> 
> BTW, Naveen might claim to be a newbie, but he's a graduate of the
> ANU's inaugural FOSS course, so I think he's being a tad modest. 
> :-)
> 
> Cheers,
> MC
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