Linux in business

Am 20. Jan, 2004 schw=E4tzte Charlie Bullen so:

> Hello, I would like to comment on 2 recent expieriences.
>
> 1. Pros and Cons of Linux at the Chandler Chanber of Commerce. January
> 15, 2004.

Charlie, thanks for posting the review of the presentation.

> The general concept of this presentation as I see it was to present the
> "Pros and Cons of Linux" to a non technical business audience.
> Unfortunatley, most of the attendees are already linux stalwarts, people
> such as myself, whose day to day desktop OS is linux and who also makes
> extensive use of linux for server applications in my working life, Hans,
> about whom no more needs to be said and Thurman, who teaches linux/unix
> at Scottsdale community college.
>
> Personally, I attended, not to learn the Pros and Cons, but to see what
> general business peopole think of linux and if they have any interest at
> all. The only person there that would remotely fall into the general
> business catagory was the representitive of the Chandler Chamber who had
> organizaed the event. So I really wasn't able to achieve my objective.
>
> To sum up this expierience, it was typical of many linux events that I
> have attended, long on people who are already sold and short on
> potential new converts.
>
> In thinking of a potential solution to this "preaching to the choir"
> situation, I feel as if I personally could have and should have invited
> some of my business and personal friends that either are not using linux
> at all or are and don't really even know it. In other words forget about
> linux stalwarts, they can take care of themselves, lets bring in some
> new blood.

We didn't have much notice on this meeting. Most of the rest they have
scheduled are m$ stuff. I've asked them to cover Free Software apps, though
:).

I've also offered to help them bring in some Free Software presentations.

> 2. Nation Wide Vision.
>
> I stopped in to see what I had read about on plug recently and sure
> enough they are running some linux variant, using the Gnome desktop. The
> desk top was cleared of all icons except 1 for a proprietary program
> that they use. That is the only program they use. I asked the employee
> who I talked to to click on the foot and the full compliment of programs
> and utilities showed up.

Cool. We need to get an article or two on Nation Wide Vision using Free
Software.

ciao,

der.hans
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