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Bringing the Free Software Message to TV

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Bruce Byfield
Aug 22, 2007

“As a former course designer and academic, I used to be
experienced in talking in front of people. However, one thing I
hadn’t done until now is appear on television. That, more than
anything, is why I agreed to appear on the computer show Lab with
Leo Laporte in a five-minute spot about the GNU/Linux desktop. The
show is scheduled to appear October 11 on G4TechTV in Canada and
the How-To Channel in Australia, with my spot being posted to
Google Video on the same day. I won’t know if I look savvy or
imbecilic until I see how the segment is edited, but the experience
taught me several points about appearing on TV in general, and
evangelizing for GNU/Linux in the studio in particular…”

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