[Novalug] Fose TV

Rich Goodwin Rich.Goodwin at cox.net
Sat Jan 30 09:03:09 EST 2010


So Jay.  The goal I want to do is just that  - PROVE IT!  I would like
to demo a an enterprise such as tux.org to PROVE what OSS can do.

Willing to help??

Rich

On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 21:06 -0500, Jay Hart wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 05:24:35PM -0500, Rich Goodwin wrote:
> >> Yahoo!  We just got "selected as a candidate" to talk with FOSE TV.
> >> ...
> >> opportunities.  IF - and that is a big two letter word, we talked with
> >> them,  what would be the "best" message to put forth?
> >>
> >
> >  Cool and Congrats.
> >
> >  Something like:
> >
> > Linux works.
> Prove it!
> 
> > Linux is reliable.
> Prove it!
> 
> > Linux is not esoteric.
> Prove it!
> 
> > Linux keeps you within your budget.
> Prove it!
> 
> >
> > Other points might be stuff like
> >
> > Linux developers are readily available.
> Prove it!  (Exp: I need a kernel dev that can do GIMP work)
> 
> >
> > There are more tools for the developers (everything from Ada to
> > Z80-Assembler, not just C#, .net and VB).
> >
> > Linux plays well with others (including MS and Apple).
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Right now, I'm porting a bunch of Linux apps I wrote a couple years ago
> > to Windows because that's what certain Govt groups will purchase.
> >
> > It pays the bills, but I'd rather be writing new apps and solving
> > new problems.
> >
> >   Clif
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> >
> >
> >
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