[Edu-sig] linux

[Jaime E. Villate]

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