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Robin Cornelius wrote: >Hi everyone, > >I know in the past there has been talk of holding a seminar/event to >promote OSS and I might have an opportunity to do this. > >I have been speaking to people from Business Link and the digital >peninuslar network and there may be an opening for seminars in OSS >with venue and mail shots etc done for us. > >At this time this would primarly be in Cornwall and for businesses but >if we can pull of a sucessfull event we can certainly spread to Devon >as BL cover devon and cornwall. > >What i need to do at this stage is put a basic proposal together of >what we might like to do. So ideas on a post card please! > >We must keep this (seminar) business focused and BL and DPN tend to do >most work with SME's so that is probably the target audience. > >Some of my ideas are :- > >* awarness that an alternitive exists to the proprity software people are using. > >* awareness of proprity data formats and lockin problems > >* awarness of licences in particular and an overview of free/open >licences VS closed ones > >* The potential cost savings of using an alternitive office suite, >*nix server with samba, apache, mail etc > >* Pointing out about licence infringments, ie I am sure many companies >use illegal copies of office/ or XP etc due to the cost. Point out the >legal situation they are in, potential fines etc and show there is an >alternitive that saves money can acheieve same results. > >* Show how a mixed environment can be acheived, ie switching to a >linux server, or simply going Firefox and thunderbird as a start. > > >What would really make a difference is if we can get some people there >who offer support for OSS. <my ignorance> Is the anyone on the list >who works for a company that supplies OSS services and support? </my >ignorance> > > > This is what I've been doing. I think it's also the area of supplying reliable email servers which is important to companies now. >It would also be useful for anybody who has integrated OSS into a >business to make a presentation. I can certainly do this but a few >case studies always looks good. > > > Could possibly help out with a case study of a training company. >Thanks for any input > > > > As I'm in Plymouth I'd be happy with a Cornwall based Seminar. I'd be interested in any further details. Kevin Bailey >Regards > >Robin Cornelius > > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html