On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:00:48 +1200 stringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Don't know if this is relevant, but... > > We need to learn from the successful big players - what would it cost to > have some little stickers printed with 'Linux Ready' to put on suitable > computers in stores (with permission, of course, and after checking them > out with a live distro)? That would lead people to ask questions, and the > pamphlets could then provide the answers - glossy ones, of course, or it > just won't impress. Well, we don't really have the time or money to back up that claim do we? Checking with a live distro just isn't enough. Like my old tosh: runs linux a dream, except 'this' doesn't work, nor does that, etc. And the legal aspects of this... from your .sig maybe you could comment? > > That is, create an expectation of Linux coming to the public, and of > course, that the computer will not givce of its best until it has it. To most people it's best has absolutely nothing to do with any technical definition. It's more the expectation that their printer, camera, scanner... will work flawlessly. > > Time for us to stop knocking the opposition (which never works) and put ALL > our effort into promoting Linux. > I don't knock the opposition. But then again, I wouldn't suggest linux as a desktop for the average punter in the street. Would you, and be sure his <pulled totally at random example dunno the answer to the question> widget will work when he plugs it in? Steve.
