>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce McCulley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Bruce> Taking Jerry's mail into consideration, it sounds to me
Bruce> like the tuxbiz.com products would be the gnhlug tee
Bruce> shirts, mugs, and whatever other paraphenalia we can
Bruce> purvey...
Bruce> just MHO...
Bruce> --Bruce McCulley
Bruce> Jeffry Smith wrote:
>> That sounds like a good idea. I was thinking, though, of the
>> exact product of tuxbiz.com. I've been so involved in getting
>> the OpenMerchant software running, I didn't think about what
>> the actual products were going to be. Jerry Kubeck wrote: >
>> This is a good idea. I do plan on having the GNHLUG t-shirts
>> and mugs there > for us to sell and make some money for GNHLUG.
>> >
>> > Jerry
>> >
>> > (maybe a sales pitch for Tuxes? BTW: are we selling > >Tuxes
>> (penguins) or Tuxes (formal wear)? I downloaded some Tux
>> (linux > >penguin) > >images to dress up in GIMP (learning that
>> too)), graphics software, etc. Just > >being able to
>> demonstrate the tools available in terms they would understand,
>> > >not that it would be in any way linked to the e-commerce
>> demo.
>> > >
>> > >jeff smith
>> > >
[et cetera elided]
Hmm,
While this seems like an interesting idea, I'm not sure that we can do
it.
As I understand it, the tuxbiz demo is just a demo. We won't actually
be collecting, for example, credit card numbers, or money, or filling
orders. Maybe later, as in after the LBS, a web site might be brought
into being that would be able to sell GNHLUG regalia. I think this
may have to wait on the establishment of non-profit business status. I
don't know whether that's already been done, or, if not, what it might
involve.
For the show, my expectation was that the openmerchant-based demo
would be selling the, perhaps somewhat amusing imaginary products of a
fictitious company. We will be showing how such a selling website can
be cheaply set up on, and easily administered using linux boxen.
Have I got that right?
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