If so, we will NEED to start charging money ... that bag is getting expensive. I LIKE the idea ... but the money would HAVE to be charged AND handled responsibly. Although I don't think our demos will attract a lot of governmental attention without some prodding, I DO think Microsoft is capable of providing the prodding in order to get BAD press for "those Linux hooligans". They only need a single newspaper to write bad stuff about us ... and then they could post it on their web site for general distribution and also ship copies to their supportive "ink-stained wretches" elsewhere in the media. Even ONE black-eye from MSFT is too many. While we are accustomed to handing out small quantities of free stuff at meetings, etc., a successful demo could interact with, literally, hundreds of the curious. I would NOT be willing to pay for hundreds of t-shirts, printed bags and CD's. Some LUGS might have a lot of money to spend ... but our LUG relied on a single member to pay for our GLUE membership. I doubt if he ever has or ever will be reimbursed. I am sure he did not mind a minor bit of generosity ... but I suspect he would not be willing to sponsor the purchase and printing of ... say ... 500 t-shirts. Bill Chris wrote: > > > But we have to be careful, if we give away CDs, we > > should provide clear instruction, or at least a web > > site "url" with clear instructions. > > > > As an Example, "Suse", give away Cds with pretty clear > > instructions on the sleeve. > > Maybe include a cd, installation instructions, and maybe > a t-shirt in a "Linux Happy Bag", or "Linux in a Sack", > something like that might be nice... > --- > This message was automatically sent by the Linux Demo Days mailing list > To remove yourself from this list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the "unsubcribe" in your message body.
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