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Selling Open Source on the Campaign Trail

Posted by timothy on from the kiss-babies-and-hand-them-cds dept.

Waldo Jaquith writes: "I'm a long-time advocate and user of open source and free software and, as of this morning, I am a candidate for the Charlottesville, VA (USA) City Council. Naturally, I see lots of areas in Charlottesville's IT infrastructure (as well as potential areas of expansion) where Linux and various free software projects would be ideal. But can I make that a talking point while campaigning? How do I make that concept accessible and interesting to 40,000 citizens?"

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  1. Like... by Heem · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Like any politicians EVER do what they say on campaign

    Now, I liked George H.W. Bush but.. 'Read my lips.. no new taxes".. exactly

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  2. Re:Read my lips by jsin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Microsoft and the BSA
    ...
    The Boy Scouts of America?

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