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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 tom wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: >> ... >> It's all about marketing, information, etc, if anything this is a good >> incentive for us as a linux user group to get together and orgaise how >> we are going to combat all of this.... > Alas.. its not just about marketing - availability is the MAJOR problem- > MS can encourage most people in the supply chain to avoid getting > involved with Arm/netbooks , or stick W7 on them so they run like dogs > and cost 30% more than they should. > Sharpe take the Apple approach - keep them rare for higher margins. > MS know if they can make linux/arm netbooks unavailable enough then they > might not quite get over the next manufacturing fault line and get even > cheaper. > We would have to pay over the odds now for something that may become a > lot cheaper in a bit > Tom te tom te tom > > > I can see this point, but people know with MS that they can a) get it, b) its available c) there is support. Lets get a message out there that says the same about GNU / Linux. be more pro-active etc. There are lots of people who have never heard of Linux or what they have heard seems to be rather negative. So we need to address this, for example Linux is not all command line based something I am getting an impression people think it is. As a community we are good at supporting each other, talking and arguing about the benefits of free software, usually to each other, we need to get out there and talk to everyone else. I am tied up with course work at the moment, and trying to sort out course placements, and loads of other stuff. I am also limited to arranging any events here in Paignton. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 is out : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details The December meeting of the DCLUG will now take place on the SECOND Saturday in December. This is December 12th 2009. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAksNEJQACgkQaggq1k2FJq2TMgCfRPLSBdLZowCtyYNheasnKftZ k38An1TOWwlLlFZuoW9Cv3R/MXvDhHz1 =vVNs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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