Ubuntu Professionals Forum?

[Karl F. Larsen]

Preston Hagar wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Siggy Brentrup <ubuntu at psycho.i21k.de> wrote::
>>> On 09/13/2009 03:10 PM, Trent Murray wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Is there a Ubuntu Professionals forum.  I would like to network and share
>>>> information with other Ubuntu Server/Network Professionals and was wondering
>>>> if there is a dedicated forum for this?
>>>>
>> As I said in another post, IMHO posting to that list should be
>> restricted to people 'in the know', any other person may subscribe
>> read-only.  This is quite simple to manage with mm.  Postings
>> asking questions eligible for that list according to a yet to
>> define charter must be approved by a moderator.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>  Siggy
> 
> I think there may need to be a little clarification as to what
> everyone means by a "Ubuntu Professionals list".  It seems some have
> taken it to mean "more knowledgeable or more experienced".  If I
> understand the OP intentions correctly (and please correct me if I am
> wrong), he was looking more for a list for people who's business is
> Ubuntu (i.e. installs and maintains Ubuntu systems as a business).  I
> think the type of discussion he was looking for was not advanced
> Ubuntu topics, or even necessarily how to install server component XYZ
> specifically, but rather a list where there would be discussions like
> "How to propose and migrate a business from Microsoft Exchange to
> Ubuntu/Postfix" or "How to convince a small business owner of the
> lower TCO and other benefits of using Linux instead of Microsoft".  It
> could also be used for local networking (if it got big enough) to find
> other people/companies to contract/refer business to when needed.
> 
> I think we already have a good list for Ubuntu desktop/end users
> (ubuntu-users) and for servers (ubuntu-server), but what is possibly
> missing is a list to help each other out who are trying to gain
> business by migrating companies to Ubuntu that could provide sales
> tips, tips on what you charge for different services, how to handle
> difficult customers, who the good phone/hardware/network vendors are
> both online and in specific areas, etc.
> 
> I may be completely wrong here (I have a small business that does
> Ubuntu installs for other small businesses, so I may be biased), but I
> think that is more what the OP was getting at.  I appreciate Siggy's
> offer to help setup and moderate a new list.  I think it would be a
> good idea though to make sure that everyone is talking about the same
> thing, and that there is enough interest in one list idea to justify
> setting it up.
> 
> Preston
> 

	Just a thought from my experience, a list that has as a requirement of 
experience in running Ubuntu for another person may be a very little 
used list. Since I run Ubuntu just for myself I am excluded from this 
list. You can count on me not reading this new list since all I can do 
is read. If I see a flaw in a email it stays there.

	So by all means set it up and see if I am right!

73 Karl


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