Idea: "Welcome to Open Source" instead of "Welcome to Linux" this year

[Lior Kaplan]

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Shlomi Fish <shlomif at iglu.org.il> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> When talking with someone a few days ago, I had a moment of Serendipity (see:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity ). Why don't we do a "Welcome-to-
> FOSS" (Free and Open Source Software) this year instead of "Welcome-to-Linux"?

I don't think people will need our help to enter themselves to free
software on Windows, while they do need our help to get around in
Linux.

Giving them recommendations on free software for windows is something
we can do on our website, and don't need actual lectures.

Kaplan