Re: [nottingham] proposed intro to Linux evening

From: bob winter (bob.winter@nottingham.ac.uk)
Date: Sat 13 Oct 2001 - 11:35:20 BST


On Friday 12 October 2001 20:34, you wrote:
> On Thursday 11 October 2001 12:02 am, you wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Target audience?
> >
> > Try folks from County Council, City Council (under 'best value');
> > consultants from local offices of KPMG and PriceWaterhouseCoopers;
> > local advisory bodies (Business Link/TECs )
> > folks coming from advert in paper.
> >
> > Too ambitious? Scare the socks off?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Godfrey
>
> I get what your saying here....get peeps from local gvmt and the chamber of
> commerce etc, and invite them down for a free demo of what Linux can do for
> thier buisness. Nice idea!
>
> We can put on slick demos of database/web/application servers, plus
> desktops, user apps (KMail, Konqueror, Abiword, Staroffice, KOffice) etc.
> See for ourselves what the reactions/objects are.
>
> Then knock 'em dead with the cost: 60-odd quit for your entire
> organisation.
>
> We can't force 'em to see sense, but we can show them the light!
>
> Jim
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You also need to show them laptops etc. If they can't do it all they won't
want any

Bob Winter
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