On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, eric pareja wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Orlando Andico wrote:
>
> > Well the current plan we have at PinoyPC is for everyone to BYOPC. That'll
> > help, plus at the end of the day they take home their PCs with a
> > fully-functional (including all drivers that are humanly possible) system
> > that they can use for further work and play. =)
>
> I held a BYOPC installfest a few years ago. Migz will remember that one.
> Only one person showed up with his PC and we ended up with just a few
> short talks about Linux and demonstrations of what Linux could do. What
> made it interesting was that we had a big bunch of people interested in
> what Linux can do packed in one place where they could try it out.
>
> I felt crazy doing it at the time, but I think that it would have been
> much better if (a) it was planned and prepared for longer, (b) it involved
> more people preparing for the event, (c) special topics were to be
> discussed -before- the actual installfest, (d) preparation in advance and
> (e) preparation in advance.
>
> I cannot under-emphasize how important it will be to prepare for the event
> in advance.
>
> And yes, I want to host another Installfest in Manila too. :)
>
This is what i meant before when i said that we in plug are really good
technically in linux but suck(tm) in organizing and preparation. This is
not necessarily a Bad Thing(r), but really we must leave this up to the
people who do this for a living.
Since the topic of installfests are being discussed, and a lot of people
are interested in participating, might i call on the major players on the
list with resources, and people/contacts in the media. Allow me to name
names? Q-Linux, APC, Bluepoint, Meralco Foundation.. the biggest names in
Linux training locally. Can your people organize a major installfest? (it
could be multi-venue'd or single venue'd).
You can count on plug people to be there in force if ever this thing gets
some momentum. Let's show those still considering commercial software
just how strong and supportive the local linux community can be..
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