[olug] Advocacy Idea

[Chris M Miller]

Here is an idea to add to Jason's.  If these local computer retail stores
won't let us put these disk out for free, perhaps we can give them away
for free on local college computer rooms, like UNO, Metro, Creighton,
and/or Bellvue.

I know that is how I joined this list by meeting other Linux users in one
of my UNO classes after I did a presentation on Linux.  Later, I had some
of the other students come up to me wanting to know where to get a
distribution copy of Linux.   

-Chris Miller   


On Mon, 18 Jun 2001 19:44:26 -0400 irishMASMS at netscape.net (Timothy G.
O'Brien) writes:
> Do any of the OLUG participants also get a table at the local PC fair 
> & swap meets? They should be happy to distro fliers about OLUG & the 
> Linux CD's you speak of. 
> 
> olug at bstc.net wrote:
> >
> > That last message was supposed to include the text "I think it's a 
> terrific
> > idea" but I accidently hit send.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Ferguson [mailto:jferguson3 at home.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 8:47 AM
> > To: olug at bstc.net
> > Subject: [olug] Advocacy Idea
> > 
> > 
> > Okay, I wish I'd had this idea early, back when I had real power. 
> Oh well.
> > 
> > What do people think of the idea of burning a BUNCH of distro CDs 
> for
> > free handout at local computer shops, just like those damn AOL 
> CDs? This
> > could be a weeklong project. We'd put a small peice of paper in 
> there
> > about basics of installation, disclaimer of responsibility for 
> OLUG, etc.
> > 
> > People could come in, buy what they came in for, and pick up a 
> free CD,
> > courtesy of OLUG. They may not install it immediately, but it'll 
> be on
> > their shelf, and eventually some of them may try it.
> > 
> > What do you guys think?
> > 
> > Jason
> > 
> > 
> > 
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