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Open Source on NPR?

Posted by Cliff on from the I-don't-know-about-that-title-tho... dept.

anhinga asks: "I have recently talked my way into an assitant producer's position with the national public radio show 'City Visions,' a talk show on political issues from the s.f. bay area's perspective. For my first show, the producer i'm working with and i are putting together a show on the Open Source movement, working title: 'The Politics of Nerd.' The question is: which vocal, intelligent, bay area and vicinity OS insiders should be on the show?"

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  1. Change the title by Phaid · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...working title: 'The Politics of Nerd.' The question is: which vocal, intelligent, bay area and vicinity OS insiders should be on the show?"

    With a title like that, I'd prefer to see nobody get on your show. Can't we please get past the stupid horn-rimmed-glasses and pocket protector stereotypes? Software is everywhere and making good software available to everyone is a critical issue. Stop turning it into a joke by marginalizing people who could actually make a difference.

  2. Nice Title? by n-baxley · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Politics of Nerd.

    If you are looking to send the message that OpenSource is for everyone, I really don't think that including Nerd in the title is a good idea. Why not something that lets non-nerds know that OpenSource is for them. Like 'Open Your Mind' or 'Open Politics' or something else, your the producer. I would just want to shy away from titles that make OpenSource a nerd exclusive realm.

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  3. Bay Area by Usquebaugh · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Transmeta in Santa Clara has a certain employee who would probably do at a push. Linus Torvalds. O'Reilly publishing in Sebastapool has an owner who might be intersted. Tim O'Reilly. If you're going to get a talking head choose ESR over RMS. Better still get John 'MadDog' Hall.

    It all depends on what type of show you are planning, an intelligent discussion or a FOX special? With your emphasis on 'vocal' I guess a slanging match is the best we can hope for?

    IMHO, a better approach would be to get people who use Open Source products, get them to explain what they do and then how OS helps them and lastly how much it's benefited their respective company.

    Title? how about, "Boring Computer Stuff...Again!" Not that many people outside of techs are going to be interested in people talking about software, yawn.

    Lastly, if you really want to do NPR a favour get Michael Moore, Bill O'Reilly, Larry Ellison & Scott McNealy on the same show.