On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:19, stringer wrote: > My .02c worth - most businessmen have never heard of linux. > > What they need to see is a box running typical business apps - say > Open/Star Office for the lawyers, accountants, managers etc
Present and correct. Not forgetting KOffice, not forgetting AbiWord, and a few others I've dug up on SourceForge, such as EasyOffice, BestOffice, SoloOffice ... > > And a fax driver so that those reports can be faxed out Indeed. Linux has had that since the nineties. > > And a simple database to maintain client lists (contacts etc) Harbour and xHarbour for the xBase fans; MySQL, PostgreSQL, IngresII, etc, for the SQL fans; and more than a few logic databases ... > > A simple accounting package to take care of the cashbooks and accounts > rendered More than a few - Quasar, GNUCash, SQL-Ledger, ck-ledger, Compiere, etc ... > > And a card beside the machine to let people know what it can do so they > know to ask about the above and don't assume it can only do the few > programmes that are on display at any one moment. > > At 15:22 10/02/06 +1300, you wrote: > >On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 15:22, Nick Rout wrote: > > > ... or whether the aim was simply to show that > > > linux could do kewl things just like windows can. > > > >Just things that Linux can do that are kewl... not even that some other > >os can do them as well. > > > >We seem to be focusing on 'install linux'... but we know that linux is > >easy to install... > > > >Let's focus on 'kewl thing you can do with linux'.... don't care if some > >other os can do them as well.... that's like saying 'this car has kewl > >colour... errr so does ever brand that has a blue car for sale' :) > > > >Also think we should focus on marketing[1] the fact that you can run nix > >and other os on the same box at the same time.... > > > >if we can get some fast HP/IBM boxes we could show off the face you can > >run windows within nix and nix with in windows.... this is a good thing > >for consumers because they can 'try before they buy' and aren't limited > >which means less risk to having a go. > > > >Cheers Don > > > >[1] sorry rik > >-- > >Don Gould > > STRINGER & SON > per: > David J H Stringer > > STRINGER & SON, - For all your legal work; > > P O Box 1386 > CHRISTCHURCH > NEW ZEALAND > > Phone 64 - 3 - 366 1152 > FAX 64 - 3 - 366 1151 -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- 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.
