hi Gary, Thanks, Good to hear that the suggestion is now in the pipeline. If a shop owner/'visor is also PLUG member, he'd be the best messenger to make the offer. Pero dapat, may list na siyang ipapakita sa meeting, kahit draft pa lang.
Another idea: we can organize some basic Linux training for shop attendants and 'visors. This one I can volunteer for, when PLUG is ready to organize things. Regards to all, Obet On Thursday 29 November 2007 17:41:06 Gabriel H. Mercado wrote: > Hi Obet > > This is actually more or less the same as a suggestion I made a few months > ago, not necessarily re printers but providing support for local computer > shops. > > The good thing is that most of these computer shops are organized and have > periodical meetings. > > This is great for PLUG because all we have to do is schedule an opportunity > to present to them during one of their meetings. This is a regular thing > that most companies that promote products do - I'm sure they'll let us do > the same for them because most computer shops are aware of Linux but are > understandably wary of support for it. Showing up as an organized org will > help them understand it more and support it. > > Incidentally, the local internet stores are very organized and have regular > meetings as well. > > Anyway what I'm saying is, we'll get to this - and other activities, at a > later date. Right now the priority is to get organized and for members like > yourself - and your ideas - to get recognized. I wrote a draft schedule > down and once the site is up I'll post it there. > > Gary > > On Nov 29, 2007 4:55 PM, Roberto Verzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the responses to my suggestion: > > - others who were supportive > > - the complete list is already online > > - go hp > > - how do we go about this > > > > Remember that the milieu of my suggestion is computer shops, which are > > one of > > the keys for promoting linux, partic. the shop owner, or 'visor, or the > > ordinary sales person. A customer comes in and asks: this laser printer > > looks > > ok, and the price is right for me. will it work with my ubuntu linux? > > > > the shop owner can't be expected to go searching the Internet to answer > > that > > question. The complete list is a resource for the Linux-advocate, not for > > them (unless they are actually FOSS advocates). > > > > I wonder if there's any shop owner here. But my guess is that the best > > way to > > give info the shops will use is to give them a printed list. Anyone asks > > about Linux. they check the list. If the item is there, then they can > > show the customer, and then the customer assured and he knows he can run > > to a group if he has problems. > > > > The models actually being sold in the Phils are quite few. Visit the > > largest > > shop you know (say, Octagon at Megamall -- one of the biggest I think. I > > bought my laser printer there. They had 5-6 six brands in the 4-6 thou > > price > > range. Only Samsung indicated in their manual Linux compatibility, and > > the driver in the CD itself didn't work). > > > > I did check the openprinting.org site. Its recommended solution was way > > too > > complicated. I do remember trying it and giving up halfway to look for a > > better way. > > > > The list I am suggesting should only cover models sold in the > > Philippines, so > > it will be smaller and maybe practical to print. Maybe it should cover > > only > > hardware PLUG members have actually tried (for further discussion, this). > > > > Yes, hp... But the customer wants the Samsung because its cheaper. We > > still > > need to answer the question: will it work with Linux? > > > > How do we go about this? I suggest that a PLUG volunteer come forward (I > > know > > I made the orig suggestion, but I can't be that volunteer sorry) who will > > take responsibility to move this project forward (have the wiki ready, > > get needed info from PLUG members, hassle the PLUG directors for some > > operating > > funds, form a committee, etc.) > > > > My posts are too long, sorry. > > > > Regards to all, > > > > Obet _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
