Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
Graham Lauder wrote,
I am somewhat unsure as to the value that the Linux Confs other than a time to
refresh ones energy from a gathering of similarly impassioned people.
OOo is pretty much a given in Linux circles. Virtually all the Linux
distributions come with OOo as part of the bundle so while it's an ideal place
to spread the word about INGOTs, are we not otherwise preaching to the choir?<<
A lot of the people who talked to me at the booth said that they had not moved
to Linux yet (they were at the conference gathering information), or were
looking for material to give to other people who had not moved to Linux. Others
had OOo (because it came with Linux) but didn't know much about it, hadn't
really tried it, etc. So I think Linux conference have a lot of value in
spreading the word -- we are *not* just "preaching to the choir" there.
I would encourage people to find out about conferences in their local areas.
<snip>
Some examples of the sort of thing: Educators conferences, especially ICT is a
great fit, educators are always having conferences.
<snip>
Then there are Small business and Accountants conferences, local body officers
and I'm sure there are others, but you get the idea.<<
+1
I'm not saying that the Linux confs are not valuable, but their value is not
in spreading the word.<<
I disagree, as stated above.
Jean
In this case I'm glad to be proved wrong. I did consider those people
and it seems to me that the "conversion" rate would probably be higher
than other conf's simply because their simple presence means they're
open to change.
Cheers
Yo
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