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[Eric Cyr]

I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to create a Fredericton branch of that
group....or something similar...maybe get a bunch of the LUGs working on
similar things in their areas...might be a way to get funding that might not
happen other ways...

On 9/12/07, Joel Goguen <jtgoguen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm in Fredericton, NB, way on the other side of the country :)  I like
> the idea of what you're doing, I'd be interested in some examples of
> where you would go to speak, how you would get around people who may not
> like Linux, and even some of your presentation materials.  There's some
> good stuff in the examples directory, but it's always nice to see what
> someone else has done too.
>
>
> On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 13:38 -0700, JL Papineau wrote:
> > Hi Joel . sorry it took so long to answer you email  We are 3 people
> > working on  the promotion of Ubuntu at the moment and we do not have a
> > steady number of people in our group but we have people calling to get
> > help or to get a Ubuntu computer build or to get their present
> > computer switch to Ubuntu. We have also shipped Ubuntu computer to
> > people . We have sold in our area about 5 Ubuntu computer. in
> > installed  2 copy of ubuntu on people that had already a computer. Our
> > goal is to distribute Ubuntu and to make people know about Ubuntu. We
> > also want to offer a place were people can phone or come to to get
> > help with Ubuntu. We also are working on finding solution to make
> > Ubuntu the best os . I also go to places and give talk about Ubuntu to
> > people that want to know about it .  Were are you located in Canada
> >
> > P.s this is were we are situated in Canada
> >
> > We are situated in Nelson B.C
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Joel Goguen wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2007-24-08 at 19:56 -0300, Richard Seguin wrote:
> > >
> > > > I love it!!!!!  How many people do you have in your group? We are at
> a
> > > > slight disadvantage out here in the eastern provinces as our
> population
> > > > is a lot less and spread out more...  I have thought of designing
> > > > systems based on compatibility... I have also thought of the black
> box
> > > > idea where you
> > > > push the power button and up comes a screen... No configuration and
> > > > really no flexibility (great for people who only want something for
> web
> > > > surfing and email and such)... It would be money in our
> pockets...  The
> > > > geographical area around here though makes it so that idea is a bit
> hard.
> > > >
> > > > I guess it goes back to the post I made a few minutes ago...  WHY
> should
> > > > people use Ubuntu...  any semi-geek knows that Windows and Linux are
> > > > competitors... For my own efforts anyway I want to take that out of
> the
> > > > equation...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > This is close to what I keep coming back to.  Our culture is so in
> love
> > > with money that when we see something totally for free, the immediate
> > > reaction is almost invariably "something _must_ be wrong with it".  If
> > > you say that nothing is wrong with it, or if you say that nothing is
> > > wrong but... then you'll turn people off.  If you agree with them, it
> > > doesn't matter what you say after that.
> > >
> > > The other curse (or a blessing depending on your point of view) is
> > > choice.  People, contrary to what most F/OSS advocates say, do not
> > > always want lots of choices.  Some of us (like me) prefer to have lots
> > > of choices, but other people (like one friend of mine) want to have
> just
> > > one way of doing it that just works.
> > >
> > > Less technically literate people also want things to stay familiar.
> > > That's a big reason why a lot of people are staying away from Vista -
> > > it's not familiar to them.  I have no problem adapting to different
> > > interfaces on different systems (but going from Gnome to KDE to FVWM
> can
> > > throw me for a loop :)) but the biggest complaint I get from people is
> > > that it's not familiar.
> > >
> > > Finally, people don't like the command line.  I work for a university
> IT
> > > help desk, and all the time people call in asking for help and decide
> > > they would rather deal with their problem until one of us can do all
> > > that "DOS stuff" for them.  There's nothing they can click on to do
> the
> > > job, so it must be too hard for them.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I know a lot of that is off topic, but after that first
> > > paragraph I needed to say it.  At the very least, it's good things to
> > > keep in mind when telling people about Ubuntu, or Linux in general.
> > >
>
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> protein -- it rejects it.  -- P. Medawar
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