Explaining OSS to Normal People?

[Jeff Mings]

Warren,

There are several references to articles suitable for 
Point-Haired-Bosses in this slashdot article:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/04/14/1340229&mode=thread
.  Hopefully, one of them will suit your needs.

-Jeff Mings



Warren Togami wrote:

> The grant writer at my workplace has less than 2 weeks to write a big grant
> that would work towards putting Linux thin clients into schools across the
> state.  Prior to our discussion this week she had never heard of Linux, and
> knows very little about computers.  She needs some basic grounding in the
> history, ethos and motivations of the Open Source movement in order to be
> able to explain the efficacy and power of Linux and Open Source Software to
> the readers of the grant.
> 
> Do you folks know of web pages, articles, and/or books that explain these
> things in terms that normal people would understand?
> 
>