On Mon, April 14, 2008 12:21 pm, Doug LaRue wrote: > ** Reply to message from "Lan Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 14 Apr > 2008 > 11:33:01 -0700 (PDT) > >> My problem with these suggestions (and trhey're not bad suggestions) is >> we've had the experience that we build it, and they did not come. >> >> You can't push a string. The day of Linux hunger/curiosity may have >> passed. > > except that not only is there a massive whole in basic computer skills due > to > the > 'sit em infront of the computer and let them figure it out' approach to > "learning the > computer" but also there is now a very real economic issue of at the > government > leven and that includes schools and libraries. Private schools have been > very > interested in OSS from the various 'look who's using Linux and OSS' > stories. > > I will agree that a "here's this Linux thing, give it a try" is not going > to > work very > well. But a "we can help you save money on a nice training system and have > some > voluteers who'll help with the training too" adding that there is also a > "We > will > also give you all the software used in the training, plus more, for free". > > Would that still be pushing a piece of string? > > Doug >
Isn't that called an "installfest"? Don't we do two a month already with slim attendence? I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but our attendence is declining, not increasing. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
