Please distribute (quickly): Made in Canada Stallman video?

[Rob Sutherland]

On Mon, 16 May 2005 11:27:01 -0400
psema4 <psema4-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On 5/16/05, Rob Sutherland <rob-HoWcdTCbwWKHoZZAE0nKLw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 May 2005 08:26:09 -0400
> > "Stewart C. Russell" <scruss-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > psema4 wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The political landscape is in turmoil and the media is (naturally) all
> > > > over it.  If you're looking for a way to make a difference in Canadian
> > > > politics, give the politicians something that's easy to digest.  A
> > > > Stallman video might be just what the doctor ordered.
> > >
> > > Uh, dude, Stallman's got a great face for radio (and, as my train buddy
> > > slightly uncharitably put it, "a great voice for books"). Probably best
> > > to keep it audio only.
> 
> More or less, the same thing came up on the DCC list shortly after
> posting - I would expect more political types to take the time to
> watch a video than listen to an audio recording.

No reason you couldn't have more than RMS in a video, anyway. Maybe some Canadian
OS types would contribute an interview? 

> 
> > > If you want to do a video, point a camera at Cory next time he's in
> > > town. He's a better poster-boy for the movement.

Like Cory Doctorow, for example :-)

> > 
> > Yeah, he'd be good. Hmmm...to bad we couldn't organize an Open Source vs
> > Free Software wrestling match between Stallman and Raymond, that'd bring
> > 'em in :-)
> 
> That would be awesome.  lol.

$5.00 on RMS :-)

Ok, I blogged up an article and submitted it to Newsvac

http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/05/05/16/1559220.shtml

So that should get a wide distribution. 

Rob 

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