[Edu-sig] linux
Jaime E. Villate
villate at gnu.org
Wed Oct 22 04:18:10 EDT 2003
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 11:29:52PM -0500, Simon Willison wrote:
> Conrad Koziol wrote:
>
> >hey can someone point me too sites which advocate linux over
> >microsoft. I have to do a persuasive essay in english, and was hoping
> >to make a case for everyones favorite operating system. I need
> >sources and info which i cant think of.
...
> For Linux though (or rather open source in general) you may do well to
> check out the famous open letter to Microsoft from a Peruvian
> congressman to the head of Microsoft Peru:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25157.html
That's an excellent reference. But please notice that in his letter,
Congressman Villanueva starts by correcting a common mistake made by
MS, and many others, of replacing the term Free Software by Open Source
(3rd paragraph).
Two other references that you might find useful:
UNESCO's Free Software Portal:
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoft/index.shtml
Free software and research, by Francesco Potortì:
http://softwarelibero.it/ricerca/fs-and-research.html
You can also find a lot of information in GNU's site:
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/
Regards,
Jaime
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