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<b>Looks good, Don. It will be good to have an open-source proponent
out there. I am not sure who the target audience is (pastors, congregation,
church secretary, etc.) but there are a few aspects about FOSS that church
congregations usually have no clue about. I am fully aware that this
is my soapbox, so feel free to ignore this if it does not fit into your
model. If you like the idea, and it does fit a little, feel free
to modify it as much as you like. I just typed it in, I did not fret
over the wording, so it could use some cleaning up.</b>
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<blockquote><i>The Kingdom Impact of FOSS</i>
<br><i>Not only does FOSS allow Christians to equip each other here in
the USA, but good FOSS software gets designed so it can be translated to
other languages. As important as the cost is for us here in one of
the richest countries of the world, it is more important in countries like
India. In many of these countries you can purchase hardware much
cheaper than you can get it here in the USA, or get it donated, but software
costs (upgrades, etc) are very costly. FOSS is a very important way
that we in the technological western world can help our brothers around
the world.</i><i></i>
<p><i>One of the benefits of contributing to Christian FOSS projects is
that you may be empowering Christians around the globe with software that
they could not otherwise afford. We develop some very good software
here in the US, and through places like CODN.net you can help churches,
pastors, or missionaries in Africa. It is yet another way for someone
to whom much has been given, to help those who have little.</i></blockquote>
<p><br><b> - Tim Young</b>
<p>Don Parris wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Well,
<p>I've got the OS Grace web brochure nearly complete. Now I need
input.
<br> I know some things will need to be changed, and will try to keep
the
<br>latest version on the Matheteuo website. I have not yet collected
all
<br>the applications to go on the CD yet. But I have made the web
<br>brochure available in the downloads on Matheteuo's website.
<p>In particular, I'll be editing the "Implications for Christians"
<br>section on the Philosophy page.
<p>NOTE: There is no public link yet, as the brochure requires some
<br>further editing before I make it publicly available.
<p>But for those interested in commenting, you can download v. 0.1 from:
<br><a href="http://matheteuo.org/downloads/osgrace-0_1.zip">http://matheteuo.org/downloads/osgrace-0_1.zip</a>
<p>God bless,
<br>Don
<br>--
<br>DC Parris GNU Evangelist
<br><a href="http://matheteuo.org/">http://matheteuo.org/</a>
<br>gnumathetes@gmail.com
<br>Free software is like God's love -
<br>you can share it with anyone anywhere anytime!
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