On Mon, 23 May 2011 14:07:08 +0100 Dino T. wrote: > Hi > > A friend and I are brainstorming on a 2 hour presentation to give to > Universities and Colleges across Liverpool. To increase awareness and > show students that they can save money using free/open source > software. This is scheduled for around September 2011. > > What do you suggest we cover? Has to be very basic too for beginners > and if they want to learn more, we'll be providing sheets out to > links etc. > > Dino T.
One thing that you could lean on is the open nature of Free Software and how it ties in with the very nature of how Universities (should) share information with others. You could talk about how open discussion and peer review has pushed the boundaries of scientific knowledge over the past century or so, and the parallels with the open and collaborative nature of Free Software. Grant. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
