Re: Installfests (WAS: Re: [ossig] FOSS Meet)

[Colin Charles <byte@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 18:35 +0800, BIGrat wrote:

> follow-up. follow-up. follow-up.  i cannot stress this enough. my
> involvement in the 1st two installfests in the pyramid in days gone by
> ;-) tells me we will need a well planned and executed follow-up
> strategy.  Failing which M$ will have a stronger hold on the mindset
> of the desktop users.

Might I add, commercial interests can work _negatively_ towards the
betterment of follow-up, follow-up, follow-up (parts of what Dinesh has
mentioned before in the thread that Charles was replying to will then
creep in...)

So if there's a LUG, we want to make sure the committee is well
represented

> we need as many "lugs" around as possible (feasibility??) help others
> and frankly, i have my doubts. :( as to whether it's possible.

I tried contacting all the "known" lugs in Malaysia, and it proved
fruitless. Penang, Perak, and a few others. E-mail bounces, no response.
Mighty useless

> coming to nsh's suggestion, if we target the installfests with
> specific apps for the SMI as well, like mail servers, fax servers,
> file/print, apps, ect.... it would be easier to manage as the
> commercial possibilities will ensure that someone or company will
> continue to support the SMIs.

SMIs don't bring their machines to get it installed. And the rate of
failure in creating a mail server, or testing a fax server, etc... is
just too great to handle

> but AFAIK everything's still in the very pre-alpha stage...

Would appreciate all your thoughts to be _on list_ rather than off-list.
You after all, want as many participants as possible (even from a
diverse commercial background)

I'll say it again to all - if the commercial interest from Company X is
too great, this will fail. Installfest, lug, etc... will be a no-go.
Learn from MYLUG...

Oh I've got another "issue" to bring up - how do we deal with being bi-
lingual? I have no quick answer to this, except my stand on this is:
docs out there are in English, reading code/writing code is in English,
most apps themselves are in English (a fraction have been localised) -
so speakers and notes, etc.. will probably be in English. If Joe User
wants to buy a Linux magazine, Linux Magazine / Linux Journal / Linux
Format are all in English
-- 
Colin Charles, byte@aeon.com.my
http://www.bytebot.net/
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, 
then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi


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