[TriLUG] Fwd: [linux-elitists] Vista Launch

[Tim Jowers]

I'm considering an Open Source Expo. All except 1 non-techie I've met in the
area cannot even say what Red Hat sell - and that 1 person is a prof at
NCSU.  The limiting factor on FOSS adoption is people don't even know what
it is. Heck, I talked last month to a friend who has run a 'dows consulting
company for 15 years and he'd never even heard of OpenOffice.org.

I'd be happy to brainstorm about how to make such an event happen. I can say
alot of negative about softie but there is so much positive we need to show
local business and people.

Tim

On 1/25/07, Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Anyone have any thoughts about doing something
> like this locally?
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ilan Rabinovitch <irabinovitch at gmail.com>
> Date: Jan 25, 2007 10:03 AM
> Subject: [linux-elitists] Vista Launch
> To: linux-elitists at zgp.org
>
>
> Hello,
>
> With the impending Vista launch, I was wondering if anyone is planning
> any concurrent marketing efforts for Linux and other open source
> platforms.  I believe the current launch date for consumers is January
> 30th.
>
> At the very least it seems like a good opportunity to  hit up the
> crowds at the "launch events" with free  Ubuntu CDs.
>
> Does anyone have anything planned at this point?
>
> Regards,
> Ilan
>
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