[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Other suggestions for getting the word out?
The Linux Demo Day project is a worthwhile thing for various LinuxChix
chapters and LUGs to take part in. This year's Demo Day has come and
gone, unfortunately, but you've got plenty of time to plan for next
year. Here's th
Nils Philippsen wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Blackjax wrote:
> > Someone wrote:
> > >How do we get folks to use it at home? How do we get the word out
> > >and *show* people that we have something really special here in terms they
> > >can understand and accept?
> >
> > I see comments like these
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On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Blackjax wrote:
> >How do we get folks to use it at home? How do we get the word out
> >and *show* people that we have something really special here in terms they
> >can understand and accept?
>
>
> I see comments like these and I worry. Note
> It seems like a lot of Linix users are computer professionals and hard-core
> hobbyists: the kind of people who enjoy spending a lot of time solving
> computer problems. Most other people either can't/won't do heavy-duty
> problem solving or really hate having to.
i don't fit these criteria,i
> The question that begs to be asked is pretty obvious: if Linux performance
> is really incredibly better than Windows (and it often is), if stability is
> so much better, if cost is so much lower, how do we get corporate America to
> buy in? How do we get folks to use it at home? How do we ge
I see comments like these and I worry. Note that there is no question of
whether folks at home should use it, this is simply a foregone conclusion.
I've watched Linux advocates argue that Linux should be pushed into every
conceivable niche of computing and that open source is the only way
to wri
Hi,
I rarely see a post I totally disagree with, down to almost every word.
Here is one:
I wrote:
>
> >How do we get folks to use it at home? How do we get the word out
> >and *show* people that we have something really special here in terms
they
> >can understand and accept?
>
> I see comments
-Original Message-
From: Caitlyn Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, November 18, 1999 12:00 PM
Subject: [issues] Linux performance: getting the word out
>How do we get folks to use it at home? How do we get the word
Hi, everyone,
At last night's Triangle LinuxChix meeting, Michelle Leonard of Inovision
did a presentation on her company's image analysis software, which they
recently released for Linux. It had previously been an SGI/IRIX product,
and moving to Linux offered lower cost to their customers and i
