InstallFest Press Release

[Scott Sawyer]

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Attached is a press release that is used up in the LUNA group.  Feel free
to use it for your install fest.

Please take my name out of it :).

-Scott

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Scott Sawyer
Project Manager for RedHat Incorporated
Member of LUNA (Linux Users of Northern Arizona)
Photo Portfolio at http://www.scottsawyer.org/

On Thu, 23 May 2002, Derek Neighbors wrote:

> If worded properly I would send to the Republic as well, often times
> they will run snippets in business computing section on Mondays.
> 
> -derek
> 
> Comments on release within....
> 
> > Because it freely downloadable from the Internet or available as an 
> > inexpensive distribution at most local computer stores Linux is an 
> > increasingly popular alternative to commercial operating systems such
> 
> Linux(sic) is a commercial operating system as much as Windows is, so
> this statement doesnt make sense to me.  GNU/Linux is a popular
> alternative to PROPRIETARY operating systems....
> 
> Its a minor word change but a significant one if we wish to educate
> those that will using the system.  It is this kind of miswording that
> scares business users away from GNU\Linux because they think its not for
> 'commerical' use.
> 
> -Derek
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