[Office-commits] r10048 - trunk/campaigns

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Author: www-data
Date: Wed Oct  7 19:31:31 2009
New Revision: 10048

Log:
web commit by tal82k

Modified:
   trunk/campaigns/introletter.mdwn

Modified: trunk/campaigns/introletter.mdwn
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--- trunk/campaigns/introletter.mdwn    Wed Oct  7 15:10:43 2009        (r10047)
+++ trunk/campaigns/introletter.mdwn    Wed Oct  7 19:31:31 2009        (r10048)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Tal Schechter is a new intern at the FSF for the Fall of 2009, where he is 
working remotely.  He is currently enrolled full-time at Hampshire College 
where he is a third-year student concentrating in science communication and 
ancient Jewish text scholarship.  He has been playing with computers since his 
parents got an Apple II Classic in the early nineties.  Questions of "Tal, why 
does this not work anymore?" were soon to follow.  Finally, when 13, he broke 
away from Macs, with the first PC to enter the house-hold.  Both before and 
after the new PC, Tal had been going to computer camp, where he first heard 
about "Linux."  It only took a couple of years after getting that first PC 
before it had a "Linux" install on it.  Ubuntu's Breezy Badger, in fact (the 
geeks at computer camp had insisted on Gentoo, but Tal was not at that level 
yet).  
+Hi, my name is Tal Schechter, and I am the new campaigns intern at the FSF for 
the Fall of 2009, and am working primarily remotely.  I am currently enrolled 
full-time at Hampshire College as a third-year student concentrating in science 
communication and ancient Jewish text scholarship.  I have been playing with 
computers since his parents got an Apple II Classic in the early nineties.  
Questions of "Tal, why does this not work anymore?" were soon to follow.  
Finally, when 13, I broke away from Macs, with the first PC to enter the 
house-hold.  Both before and after the new PC, I had been going to computer 
camp, where I had first heard about "Linux."  It only took a couple of years 
after getting that first PC before it had a "Linux" install on it.  Ubuntu's 
Breezy Badger, in fact (the geeks at computer camp had insisted on Gentoo, but 
I was not at that level yet).  
 
-An avid "Linux" user for some time, it was not until his first year of college 
that Tal encountered the concept of GNU/Linux and Free Software as opposed to 
open source.  With the aid of the GLUG there, he learned about the importance 
of the user's freedoms.  While Tal was aware of the openness of "Linux," it was 
not until he learned about the freedom aspects of Free Software that he was 
propelled into a proactive projection to convince other people that GNU/Linux 
is a better choice of operating system for them from economic, moral, ethical, 
and social standpoints.
+An avid "Linux" user for some time, it was not until my first year of college 
that I encountered the concept of GNU/Linux and Free Software as opposed to 
open source.  With the aid of the GLUG there, I learned about the importance of 
the user's freedoms.  While I had been aware of the openness of "Linux," it was 
not until I learned about the freedom aspects of Free Software that he was 
propelled into a proactive projection to convince other people that GNU/Linux 
is a better choice of operating system for them from economic, moral, ethical, 
and social standpoints.
 
-At this point, he reaches out to both avid computer users and to those who 
feel they don't know anything about computers, to try and educate them about 
the merits of using Free Software.  As a person concentrating in science 
communication he is concerned with the lack of laymen's explanations of Free 
Software.  He hopes that in his work as in an intern at the FSF and beyond, he 
will help explain the importance of user freedom to everyone, regardless of 
prior computer knowledge.
+At this point in time, I reach out to both avid computer users and to those 
who feel they don't know anything about computers, to try and educate them 
about the merits of using Free Software.  As a person concentrating in science 
communication, I am concerned with the lack of laymen's explanations of Free 
Software.  I hope that in my work as in an intern at the FSF and beyond, I will 
help to explain the importance of user freedom to everyone, regardless of prior 
computer knowledge.