[NTLUG:Discuss] [Bulk] Re: Explaining Linux and Open Source software

[Terry]

How about:

"Open Source Software, not just for breakfast anymore"


On 3/25/06, Lance Simmons <lance at lsimmons.net> wrote:
> * Leroy Tennison <leroy_tennison at prodigy.net> [060325 22:03]:
> > >
> > Congratulations, that is classic.  However, let me clarify a bit.  My
> > intended audience is Joe or Jane Average.  They have probably never
> > heard of GNU.
>
> Just wait til you explain that it's a recursive acronym!

That's right, but GPL is a lot more digestible so I just ignore GNU
and say GPL instead, (because I would never be able to give a
satisfactory GNU explanation).  Trying to pitch the concept of  Open
Source or Linux to non-techs would require you to lay everything out
in very simple, clear terms and the explanation of GNU would muddy
things up to no end, IMO.  I think it would be much better for the new
Linux user to discover the GNU acronym and it's meaning on their own,
after they become a Linux user.