[hackerspaces] Fw: [sf-lug] A beautiful picture involving computers

[Ryan Rix]

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On Thu 17 May 2012 20:51:59 Matt Joyce wrote:
> For the record I am familiar with zareason and their donation of
> systems to the openstack design summit which proved to be very useful.
>  So I have no hate of the company persay... but seriously this thread
> reeks of product placement.
> 
> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Frantisek Apfelbeck <algoldor at yahoo.com> 
wrote:
> > I think you mean that it was posted here possibly because of it's
> > "commercial purpose" therefore it should not belong on this discuss list,
> > do I understand correctly?
> > 
> > Well sorry I was really not thinking about that at all. I have never met
> > the people from the company but I know several really cool people from
> > San Francisco Linux community who are very supportive of this small
> > business scheme and how they do it.
> > 
> > So my apologies to the ones who are inconvenient because of the email, I
> > hope the rest will enjoy it.
> > 
> > No offense to Matt Joyce, he got actually a point which many will make I
> > think and he did it in a nice way which I appreciate.
> > 
> > I really like the posts and I hope there will be more businesses like
> > that!
> > 
> > :-))
> > 
> > Sincerely from Seoul,
> > 
> > Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck
> > 
> > biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker
> > 
> > 
> > http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org
> > 
> > 
> > "There is no way to peace, peace is the way." Ghandi
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > From: Matt Joyce <matt at nycresistor.com>
> > To: Frantisek Apfelbeck <algoldor at yahoo.com>; Hackerspaces General
> > Discussion List <discuss at lists.hackerspaces.org>
> > Cc: Christian Einfeldt <einfeldt at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 9:06 AM
> > Subject: Re: [hackerspaces] Fw: [sf-lug] A beautiful picture involving
> > computers
> > 
> > This may be the most well written spam e-mail I have ever received.
> > 
> > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Frantisek Apfelbeck <algoldor at yahoo.com>
> > 
> > wrote:
> >> I think that both the picture and the description of it by Christian are
> >> really nice!
> >> 
> >> Sincerely,
> >> 
> >> Frantisek
> >> 
> >> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> >> From: Christian Einfeldt <einfeldt at gmail.com>
> >> To: sf-lug <sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>
> >> Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 3:05 AM
> >> Subject: [sf-lug] A beautiful picture
> >> 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> Beautiful thought for the day:
> >> 
> >> I just went to the Zareason home page for no reason other than to see
> >> what
> >> was going on there, and I saw a beautiful picture there, one of the most
> >> beautiful pictures involving computers that I have seen in a long time:
> >> 
> >> http://zareason.com/shop/home.php
> >> 
> >> It is a shot of a child throwing a notebook computer up into the air.
> >>  The
> >> notebook computer seems to be hovering over the child's hands, light as
> >> air.
> >>  To me, the message is an emotional depiction of the joy of freedom.  The
> >> shot is outside, and set against the backdrop of the San Francisco Bay
> >> Bridge and the San Francisco skyline on a beautiful blue day.  The shot
> >> gives the impression of how freeing a light notebook computer can be.
> >>  The
> >> child is smiling as if it is so much fun to float the computer over her
> >> head.
> >> 
> >> I found this picture to be wonderful because I have long felt that we in
> >> the
> >> free software world need to get better about communicating the joy, love,
> >> and happiness that is represented by free software.  Free software to me
> >> represents an incredible act of giving, and so I was happy to see a
> >> commercial provider like Zareason engage in this kind of outreach.
> >> 
> >> Imagine what a difference it would make if people thought of their
> >> computers
> >> as an expression of community, rather than as something that they have to
> >> put up with.  Imagine how nice it would be if there were as much choice
> >> in
> >> notebook and desktop computing as there is in phones.
> >> 
> >> I am a huge fan of Zareason as a company because of their focus on
> >> reaching
> >> non-geeky users, and this picture seemed to capture that for me.  So I
> >> just
> >> had to share it, in case others found it as beautiful as I did.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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