Felton, CA vs. Microsoft

[amenditman]

All through June this entire town is preparing to go Proprietary software free.

July 4, 2008, all the computers in this small town will be turned over to FOSS and GNU/Linux.

Check out their pages

http://faq.fixedbylinux.com-a.google...linuxtothemass

http://lin08.wordpress.com/

This is a great opportunity for our community to pull together and accomplish something great.

Think of your own experiences with Linux, Windows, and computing and find any way to volunteer.


These guys can still use a lot of help, but won't beg for it.

Thanks,
Amenditman

[amenditman]

Re: Felton, CA vs. Microsoft

Sorry about getting my dates wrong. Here's the straight scoop from the "Man on Scene"

". . . Yup, this whole town of Felton outside my window will be invited to know what we already know -- that your computing experience doesn't have to be dictated by the whims of the mandarins of Redmond or Cupertino, let alone restricted by a plethora of proprietary software.

Thanks, Amenditman, for posting this.

One thing, though: The effort actually starts on July 5 with the first of four or five meetings/installfests and the townspeople who choose to participate will take a week's hiatus -- and hopefully longer -- from Microsoft starting on July 28.

Volunteers welcome. We're just "over the hill" on the other side of the Santa Cruz Mountains from San Jose and the Silicon Valley.

Larry Cafiero
HeliOS Solutions West
6116 Highway 9, Suite 4B
Felton, CA 95018
831-335-7303
lcafiero@fixedbylinux.com
Bringing FOSS to the redwoods"