Re: Installfest Saturday 8/28

Very good. I had a feeling you were targeting executive types (what are
PHBs?) with that part. I've a lot of "catching up" to do regarding Linux
in the news. I'm sure that we'll be refining the PR as time goes on, and
once again, you've given us a great start. See you Saturday!

Alexander Henry wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 22:42:46 -0700, Eric "Shubes" <plug@shubes.net> wrote:
>
> I've made all of the gramatical changes you suggested.
>
>> .) I have a problem with the last sentence here. Can this statement be
>> backed up? Even if so, I'm not sure it's a good thing (adopting economic
>> policies based on any kind of boom). If there's a boom, there'll be a
>> bust (economically speaking). I think that simply pointing to the growth
>> of Linux (however you want to measure it) would have better impact.
>
>
> Much of that language I copied from http://www.linux.org . The last
> statement regarding governments switching to Linux can be backed up. I
> think you'll find some of the backup in Microsoft strategic policy
> reports :) Article after article has been published over the last year
> regarding this. I'm only posting a short article, not a National
> Geographic special, so the backup isn't fully researched and printed
> here. :)
>
>> This is a bit esoteric, IMHO. Leave it in if you like, but I don't think
>> it adds anything meaningful. Sorry, Alex. I would like to discuss it
>> though.
>
>
> I used to have other language here regarding us switching from
> semi-annual to monthly Installfests. I wanted to fill the void, and
> that particular vocabulary has been floating in my brain for some time
> now. I wanted to get it down in hard text.
>
> Note that this is in the middle of the article, the part that most
> readers don't read unless they're more interested. So this is where I
> am talking to the more challenging readers, perhaps business people who
> actually liked calculus, statistics, and economics. For those that are
> interested, it will at least provoke discussion. It's also completely
> contrary to the fanatical Linux propaganda some PHB's may have heard in
> the past, which I hope will right a few ears.
>
> Perhaps I should have switched the order of the paragraphs to put the
> basic Linux info before the opinion language.
>

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'
"There is no such thing as the People;
  it is a collectivist myth.
  There are only individual citizens
  with individual wills
  and individual purposes."
-William E. Simon (1927-2000),
     Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
  "A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237

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