[Ubuntu-be] ubuntu-be Digest, Vol 36, Issue 10

[Jürgen]

Krist Vaesen schreef:
> In reply to "Company that promotes foss":
>
> Hey ho,
>
> my father in law is in the board of directors of Oxfam Belgium. I can 
> ask him to put us in contact with the right person. I myself am a 
> rather new ubuntu-user, so I will not be able to convince Oxfam. But 
> you guys might...
>
> I will come back to you if I have any news.
>
> Krist
>
>
>
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>>    1.  Company that promotes foss (J?rgen)
>>    2. Re:  Company that promotes foss (Michel Daggelinckx)
>>    3. Re:  Company that promotes foss (J?rgen)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:29:18 +0100
>> From: J?rgen <jurgen.priem2 at telenet.be>
>> Subject: [Ubuntu-be] Company that promotes foss
>> To: Ubuntu Be <ubuntu-be at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <49945C6E.9010704 at telenet.be>
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>> Hello,
>>
>> People at the ubuntu booth at fosdem. You may or may not remember a 
>> person asking something to you about contacting oxfam and letting them 
>> know about the existence of foss in general and ubuntu in particular.
>> Some kind person gave me the name of a company leader "Patrick Decoene", 
>> who contacts other companies and vzw's. However I have not found this 
>> company. I googled different versions of this name with a lot of search 
>> terms about linux, foss etc.
>> Could somebody enlight me with the name of this company?
>>
>> Kind regards
>> J?rgen
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:34:38 +0100
>> From: Michel Daggelinckx <michel.daggelinckx at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-be] Company that promotes foss
>> To: Ubuntu Belgium <ubuntu-be at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <49945DAE.4090401 at gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
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>> J?rgen wrote:
>>   
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> People at the ubuntu booth at fosdem. You may or may not remember a 
>>> person asking something to you about contacting oxfam and letting them 
>>> know about the existence of foss in general and ubuntu in particular.
>>> Some kind person gave me the name of a company leader "Patrick Decoene", 
>>> who contacts other companies and vzw's. However I have not found this 
>>> company. I googled different versions of this name with a lot of search 
>>> terms about linux, foss etc.
>>> Could somebody enlight me with the name of this company?
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>> J?rgen
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>> oxfam knows about foss and ubuntu, they sell used pc's with ubuntu installed
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:48:28 +0100
>> From: J?rgen <jurgen.priem2 at telenet.be>
>> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-be] Company that promotes foss
>> To: Ubuntu Belgium <ubuntu-be at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <499460EC.8040303 at telenet.be>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>> Michel Daggelinckx schreef:
>>   
>>> J?rgen wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> People at the ubuntu booth at fosdem. You may or may not remember a 
>>>> person asking something to you about contacting oxfam and letting them 
>>>> know about the existence of foss in general and ubuntu in particular.
>>>> Some kind person gave me the name of a company leader "Patrick Decoene", 
>>>> who contacts other companies and vzw's. However I have not found this 
>>>> company. I googled different versions of this name with a lot of search 
>>>> terms about linux, foss etc.
>>>> Could somebody enlight me with the name of this company?
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards
>>>> J?rgen
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>> oxfam knows about foss and ubuntu, they sell used pc's with ubuntu installed
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>
>> Yes I know, but they are not using it on there own pc's. I have been in 
>> contact with a lot of people in oxfam stores who have never heard of 
>> foss, here and there a manager of a communal store who is interested, 
>> but they all point me to Oxfam Belgium for real adoption. Lets not 
>> forget that "de wereld winkel" is not managed by the same persons as the 
>> people who put foss on pc's.
>> Me as a single individual will not have any impact on oxfam belgium 
>> "wereldwinkels". But an organisation or company may.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> J?rgen
>>
>>
>>
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>>   
Thanks in advance!

Jürgen