On Thursday 17 October 2002 12:09 pm, Sascha Beaumont wrote: <snip> > Additionally, it would be nice to get some of the linux companies in > christchurch along to have some stalls or something on the kind of > services they provide. > > I can think of two linux development companies in christchurch aside > from where I work, and I'm sure theres a few more.
In relation to the above and the previous IT jobs thread - I have successfully written a novel - at 130 thousand words long I feel confident that I'm capable of churning the words out - and I've just got myself an "Excel 97 MOUS Essentials" book to use as the basis of an OpenOffice.org textbook, having been informed by Neal Irwin that that would be very useful for businesses considering the switch to OpenOffice.org. I can read C and to a lesser degree C++ and Java. I know what sort of questions to ask a developer to make a book for the user. Is there any chance any of these Linux development companies in Christchurch would be interested in having me aboard? > > Hell, we could go all out and get IBM along with some sponsorship, maybe > even get the convention centre ;) Now that would be extra-cool. Get them to fly in a small S/390 Multiprise 3000 and load it with Linux/390 on top of VM/ESA, just to show people how big it can get. Multiple instances of Linux/390 loaded on top of VM/ESA, all doing their own thing, and I'll bet we'll have the banks all crowding around, being their usual nosy selves. Wesley Parish > > Sascha > > On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 08:53, Jeremy Bertenshaw wrote: > > I agree, wait until theres a real need to spend the money, > > maybe some day we could run a linux 'expo' where > > professionals and amateurs alike could come along and > > see linux in action and have a play and listen to talks > > etc... kinda like a big advertising push, but over a day, > > like the computer shows they used to have at addington > > etc... > > > > jeremyb. -- Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" You ask, "What is the most important thing?" Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people."
