http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/11/01/open-source-conference-open-source-enterprise-my-speech-at-quifree/ “equally critical of proprietary and open source myths, advocating software choice beyond marketing and romanticism” Tue, 22 May 2012 08:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/11/01/open-source-conference-open-source-enterprise-my-speech-at-quifree/comment-page-1/#comment-159860 ][ stefano maffulli » Perception of Free/Libre Software Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:33:02 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/11/01/open-source-conference-open-source-enterprise-my-speech-at-quifree/#comment-159860 [...] Roberto’s latest comment reminded me of his presentation at quifree.  One of the points he made was about the missing ‘perception’ of Free/Libre software, a constant discussion theme during the years at FSFE.  What are the values of Free Software? How to make such values meet the needs of users, citizens and companies? While many people in the community dismiss the issue easily marking it with the bad word ‘marketing’, I don’t think it is neither bad nor simple to address the perception issue. [...] [...] Roberto’s latest comment reminded me of his presentation at quifree.  One of the points he made was about the missing ‘perception’ of Free/Libre software, a constant discussion theme during the years at FSFE.  What are the values of Free Software? How to make such values meet the needs of users, citizens and companies? While many people in the community dismiss the issue easily marking it with the bad word ‘marketing’, I don’t think it is neither bad nor simple to address the perception issue. [...]

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