Explaining OSS to Normal People?

[Deven Phillips]

Warren,

	Look at ESR's articles on www.opensource.org. There are some very good
essays there that explain OSS in terms that just about anyone can
comprehend.

Deven Phillips, CISSP
Network Architect
Viata Online, Inc.

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?
> 
> Warren Togami
> warren at togami.com
> 
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