Taking Free Software To the Streets

An anonymous reader writes "It's that time of year again; the nights are drawing in, the leaves are beginning to turn, and literally hundreds of teams of dedicated F/OSS enthusiasts from around the world are preparing to hit the streets in celebration of Software Freedom Day 2009. In an effort to increase awareness of free and open source software among the general public, SFD teams will be standing around town centers and shopping malls, holding talks at schools and universities, giving demonstrations and handing out Linux and FOSS collections for Windows on CD. With money being tight and paranoia about malware and viruses at an all-time high, the time is right to help consumers switch to the myriad of quality open source applications available. If you would like to check for an SFD team in your area and consider attending, be it to help out or simply learn more about free software for yourself, there's an interactive map to help you find your way."

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Re:Keep it wacky, say goodbye to Joe public

[westlake]

Standing around town centres like homeless winos. That's the problem with FOSS advocates, they keep coming up with these wacky ideas...

It doesn't get any better than this:

The scene is the Boston Common in late August.

The event the launch of FSF's "Windows 7 Sins" campaign.

Special Guest Appearance by Ron Stoppable as Team Mascot. Free Software Foundation - Windows 7 Sins

You can expect much of the time - and much of the screen - to given over to a lecture by a paunchy - balding - middle-aged geek.

540 views.

It is quite possible for a Win 7 promotional video to net two million viewers. Windows 7