On Friday 30 June 2006 11:11, Vinicius Santos wrote:
> On 6/29/06, Timothy Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The Ohio LinuxFest, in Columbus, OH, has become a major event in
> > recent years, with a huge amount of activity, corporate
> > sponsorship, etc.  We would like to present OGD1 there and give a
> > 45-minute presentation on the Open Graphics Project.  The event is
> > on September 30, and the deadline to sign up is July 10.
> >
> > http://ohiolinux.org/speak.html
>
> [snip]
>
> > Representing the OGP and presenting OGD1 there will get us a lot of
> > well-needed publicity, so let's hit this with our best shot.
>
> "Presentations that are product or service sales-pitches will not be
> accepted. "
>
> I wonder if this could be a problem, specially if you are going to
> present OGD1.

That depends on how you present it I guess. If you spend the entire talk 
saying how great OGD1 is and why people would want to buy it then I'd 
say it would qualify as a sales pitch. If you talked about the 
community, how it is organised (including the relationship with TT), 
and what plans we have, then I suppose it won't be a problem if you 
mention OGD1, the problem it intends to solve, and its features.

Free software can also be turned into a product, so if merely talking 
about something that could be sold would be a problem, there probably 
wouldn't be any presentations at all :-).

Lourens

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