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The author request I forward this on. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is for those who are running, or are thinking of running, a business providing Linux-based solutions to other companies. That's the kind of business I run, and it's long struck me that there are many companies, mostly small, doing what I'm doing, and that there are advantages in forming a community of such companies. To that end I have put together a "Linux Solution Providers" mailing list (details below). These are some of the advantages I see in this mailing list: o credibility (1): our competitors are often Microsoft Solution Providers; we can counter that we are Linux Solution Providers o credibility (2): no longer are you a one/two/three man company, but a company affiliated to a network of XXX Linux Solution Providers o mutual help: maybe you land a project which is larger than you feel comfortable working on alone, and you want to find a partner to join you for that project. Maybe you are a one-man band going on holiday, and again want to find a partner to cover your customers while you're away. Maybe you're lucky enough to be swamped with work, and just need someone to help you out. o marketing: how about a simple website which informs small businesses of the advantages of Linux, and allows them to type in their postcode and find the there nearest Linux Solution Providers? There's lots more potential as well, which can be discussed. At the moment this is a new mailing list: we're starting from scratch. My request to you is to join it, and participate to see if we can form a community of Linux Solution Providers. Linux has some tremendous advantages, particularly as a server platform for smaller businesses, but we are competing with Microsoft in many cases. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but we can either fight every battle as individuals, or we can present a unified, co-ordinated effort. Worth a shot? To sign up, visit http://www.linuxsolutionproviders.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/lsp-discussion Best regards, Keith Edmunds -- Simon's Miscellany Free Software http://www.gnu.org/ Thyroids http://www.thyroidmanager.org/ GNU/Linux http://www.dclug.org.uk/ Favourite OS http://www.debian.org/ Stop Spam http://www.tmda.net/ Chess http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/chess.html
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