Ron Foreman

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Venezuela Promotes Microsoft Alternative
- By JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
(03-29) 16:11 PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) –
President Hugo Chavez, long critical of big transnational companies, is promoting free open-source software as an alternative to market-dominating Microsoft Corp.
Venezuela’s science and technology ministry recently held the Latin American Free Software Installation Fair, an event promoting [...]

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Wikipedia Beginners’ Workshop
St. Christopher House
Friday, February 24, 2006, 5-6pm
Presented by Ron Foreman
Outline:
What’s a Wiki?
Where to find Wikipedia?
Some Wikipedia statistics
How it works?
Quality Standards
Some criticism
Wikipedia tightens rules after Kennedy flap
About the Founder
The Wikipedia Mission: “Imagine a world in which every single person is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing.”
Community [...]

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Google Earth is a free virtual globe formerly known as Earth Viewer.

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Wikipedia (pronounced /ˌwikiˈpiːdi.ə/ or /ˌwɪki-/) is a multilingual Web-based free-content encyclopedia wiki service.

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Go to www.google.ca
Type in “french military victories”
Hit “I’m feeling Lucky”
Go to www.google.ca
Type in “miserable failure”
Hit “I’m feeling Lucky”
Go to www.google.ca
Type in “asshole”
Hit “I’m feeling Lucky”

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By Lawrence Lessig, June 2005, Technology Review
We entered the youth camp that morning by passing down a long, white gravel road and under a wooden gate. Spread to one side, and for as far as you could see, were rows and rows of tents. In front were scores of showers, with hundreds of kids in [...]

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By ANN GIBBON, Wednesday, June 15, 2005 Updated at 9:34 PM EDT
From Thursday’s Globe and Mail
Grandma’s on the Net again, the kitchen’s not her home.She used to make us cherry pies, and call us on the phone.We miss her homemade biscuits, and I’ll make this little bet,If you want to contact Grandma, you’ll have to [...]

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