> to the plug board of directors,
>
> first of all, i would like to congratulate everyone
> for a job well done in linux10. we appreciate all of
> your efforts in helping other people get a good grasp
> on linux and better software, as well as making this
> world a better place to work in.
>
> maybe you could take these bits into account. with
> regards to the direction of plug and linux in the
> future (as mentioned in the meeting at apc).
>
> 1. safekeeping plug from political influence should be
> included in the would-be set of rules or by-laws. a
> growing institution is always a target for that. too
> much politics (politicians as well as traders) really
> sucks. set aside a specific part of plug for
> advertisements, for example. to keep everybody happy.
>
> 2. we could start our LINUXation by introducing
> StarOffice in windows desktops. most people are using
> windows pcs mainly because of ms-word and ms-excel
> which are both in StarOffice. when they get a good
> grasp on staroffice under windows, they wouldn't mind
> that much migrating to linux as far as there would be
> staroffice.
>
good point. when we were initially installing staroffice sometime last year
the only stumbling block is that it can't open password protected m$ office
files.
is the recent staroffice suited able to do that na?
> 3. big companies selling computers don't install any
> software in computers except for the "C:" prompt.
> maybe could offer older versions of linux (to also
> safeguard the interest of linux vendors) to be
> pre-installed on those computers, when, of course,
> plug gets a good funding.
>
> these might seem to others a bit of nonsense but i
> think it's a very good place to start.
>
> LINUX RULES!
>
Unix rulez! :-)
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