Audience targetting at ITEC

[Marcus Patino]

there are certain license issues preventing gimp from doing all that it can 
in the win32 world.  But I like the idea of the software cd.  A lot of 
people attending this event should be in the industry somehow, so anything 
that could save on licensing fees may interest them if they have a say in 
their respective companies.   - hehe Quick, someone build a database we 
could use on a linux laptop to sign people up - even better, if there is 
internet at the booth - use konqueror or any browser on a linux box with the 
homepage set to the mail list sign up :)

M


>From: Jeff Mings <jeffm at lava.net>
>Reply-To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
>To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at list.luau.hi.net>
>Subject: [luau] Re: Audience targetting at ITEC
>Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 14:26:13 -1000
>
>    I think StarOffice is ok under windoze, but the Gimp is somehow not
>quite there.  I am a fanatical gimp user, completing quite a bit of work
>with it every week under RH 7.1.  When I installed Gimp on a win95
>machine, it seemed oddly slow, some of the feature appeared to be
>missing, and a few things just didn't work right.
>
>-Jeff
>
>joel wrote:
>
>>Heh... this might be a bad day to post this...
>>
>>There are a whole lot of people out there with the mindset that if 
>>something
>>is free, it can't be any good. Most people do not initially believe that 
>>free
>>software can be as good as the professional software they buy in a store. 
>>We
>>are culturally conditioned that free means either it's worthless, or it's 
>>an
>>advertisement for something we have to pay for.
>>
>>"Just try it, you'll love it," we say, handing them an installation CD. 
>>"It's
>>a lot more powerful than Windows." We're right, Linux can do a lot of 
>>things
>>that Windows can't. For most things, it's a dream to work with. But how 
>>many
>>normal people (not computer enthusiasts) do you know who would actually
>>install a completely foreign operating system on their hard drives? That's 
>>a
>>big step, and it takes a very brave (or motivated) person to do it.
>>
>>What if we were to hand them a disk with programs they could use, right 
>>now,
>>today, to extend the capabilities of their existing systems? This would 
>>show
>>them that open-source programs can be as good or better than the software
>>they can buy.
>>
>>I think we should have a CD of open-source software that works under 
>>Windows,
>>including the Gimp, Mozilla, Abiword, Star Office... can anyone think of
>>other open-source programs that work in both Linux and Windows? They could
>>take the CD, play with the programs on in for a while, read some of the
>>philosophical ramblings (also on the CD, surprisingly enough ;-), and 
>>start
>>using open-source software themselves. Then, it's not such a foreign 
>>concept.
>>
>>This also gives us another opportunity. Instead of seeing ITEC as a 
>>one-shot
>>deal, we could give them a taste of free software there, and mention that
>>we'll be hosting an install-fest next month, if they're interested in 
>>doing
>>*more* with free software. Not having a date, time, or place for that yet
>>could work in our favor, because it'll give us a chance to gather e-mail
>>addresses of interested people ("we'll e-mail you all the details later").
>>
>>At an install-fest, we could have people installing Linux on their own
>>machines, help them set it up exactly like they want it, fix all the 
>>little
>>problems that periodically surface, and help them through the initial
>>learning curve.
>>
>>In a few short months, they'll be ours! Mwuahahahaha! >;-)
>>
>>--Joel
>>
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