[Ubuntu-SG] Ubuntu Users in Singapore

[Rykel™ (Aen™)]

I agree with the brochure approach. Does anyone reading this know how to
make nice tri-fold brochures? I have contacts in the printing business and
can get good rates or perhaps even sponsorship.

I am also a strong believer in Clouding (ie. cloud computing), and since
Clouding does not require anything more than an internet browser, users can
then find less reason to rely on a specific OS. During the show, we can
demonstrate how easy it is to create docs and share them on Google Docs,
listen to music from mp3tunes and read PDFs from Scribd, all the while
running on Ubuntu.

btw, when is the next Comex?



Best Regards,

Rykel™



2008/8/6 Rui Boon <ruiboon at gmail.com>

> Rykel™ (Aen™) wrote:
>
>> Pals,
>>
>> Another angle to consider is that none of the Linux companies or users
>> is bringing as much tax revenues to our country as Microsoft. Someone
>> correct me if I am wrong.
>>
>> And to reinforce an earlier post on this thread, gamers are aplenty in
>> Singapore and no way are they going to play tournaments on Cedega, to
>> my knowledge.
>>
>>
> Another point is that students here are drilled with Microsoft Windows and
> Office since young. It is common for teachers to request documents in .doc
> or .ppt format. For instance in project work, we have to submit our written
> report in Microsoft Word format. (And there is definitely some
> incompatibility between OpenOffice and Microsoft Office.)
>
>> Btw does anyone need a Linux salesperson or trainer? I can offer my
>> time to help since there seems to be a lack of these...
>>
>>
> This is certainly useful (especially in the upcoming Comex Show), but I
> suggest creating some marketing brochures about Ubuntu or we can localise
> the generic marketing brochures to suit the local context like showing how
> they can proceed with their e-banking with local banks as well as 'IM-ing'
> as usual to name a few. While this may add to the paper pile that consumers
> receive in the show, at the minimal, the salesperson will know enough (and
> have the brochures to rely on if necessary) for consumers to make an
> informed choice.
>
>  Enjoy!
>>
>> On 8/6/08, Chew EK <chew4097 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> To add to the discussion, I have three noteworthy experiences to share:
>>>
>>> 1. I recently bought an Asus eeePC.  I already researched the eeePC's
>>> Xandros OS, and have decided to replace it with Ubuntu.  But before
>>> purchase, I wanted to see how knowledgeable the sales person was about
>>> Linux.  It came as no surprise that I was dissappointed about her lack of
>>> knowledge.  In fact, while talking to the sales person, I noticed other
>>> browsing customers were more interested in the Windows version.
>>>
>>> 2. I recently tried to edit a document in OpenOffice.  It was an old MS
>>> Word
>>> file, and I no longer have Windows and MSOffice installed in anything.
>>> Importing the document into OO resulted in a mess.  In the end, I
>>> resorted
>>> to re-typing the entire document in native OO format (odt file).  Then, I
>>> hit on another problem.  I couldn't send the odt file to anyone else.  I
>>> have to send a converted pdf instead.  But some of the recipients need a
>>> MS
>>> doc file, so I save a doc copy and send that.  Unfortunately, opening the
>>> doc in MSOffice showed some differences in formatting.  I have to borrow
>>> a
>>> friend's PC, and after many trial and errors, I finally got the odt and
>>> doc
>>> to be exactly the same.
>>>
>>> 3. A while back, I started this social group in ubuntuforums: Kiasu
>>> Ubuntu
>>> Users <http://ubuntuforums.org/group.php?groupid=167>.  Looking at the
>>> posts, you can see I am mainly talking to myself over there, lol.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gmail/Googletalk: chew4097 at gmail.com
>>> MSN: chewek at hotmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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