Subject: Re: More Mandrake Please
From: Fielder George Dowding (fgdowding@iceworm-enterprises.net)
Date: Sun Nov 10 2002 - 13:50:40 AKST
Thank you Adam. If those of you are gainfully employed and are
willing to support this effort, I will continue my marketing
efforts. fgd.
On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 00:11:53 -0900
Adam Elkins <i-robot@gci.net> wrote:
> George, just my opinion on the 'give away'. My answer is yes.
> I say this in light of this; If I were not to familiar with
> linux, had not used it, but thought about it, and for example
> did not have the bandwidth or a cd-r, if someone were to ask
> me if I would like a copy of 'distroX', I would be much more
> willing to accept if it were free. Even a dollar seems funny
> for something thats free. Also, if the cds given to me were
> nicely put together, as opposed to a blank cd labled with a
> sharpe. If the lable had 'AKLUG' on it, I would also feel more
> welcome to whatever (local shindigs, open source ect.)
> I also agree with your distro of choice for this, Mandrake. I
> started out with drake. It lets you know what linux can do without
> many of he hassles. I prefer Slack now, but giving a newbie slack
> leaves them thinking 'Linux is lame, my dvd drive doenst work, and
> in goes the windoze disc....Anyway, just me 2 cents....
>
> Adam
>
> --
> g0t_slack?
>
>
>
> On Saturday 09 November 2002 20:59, Fielder George Dowding wrote:
> > Greetings all, I again have a need for the three cd set of the
> > Mandrake distribution we gave away at IT Expo. The last set I
> > gave away (a week or two after the Expo) was prepared by Justin
> > Dieters. The whole set had labels that were very nicely done --
> > professional!-- and the set was in a paper cd envelope -- no
> > excess packaging materials. So, Justin, if you or someone else
> > has a set, I have a"customer".
> >
> > I do have blank cd's (so Justin, I owe you a set). The big deal
> > is the label. The question to the aklug'ers is, "Do we continue
> > to support this give away?" The label put AKLUG out there
> > amongst the computer literates. My area of support seems to be
> > sales, not production or financing.
> >
> > By the by, I am not ignoring the other distributions, Mandrake
> > just happened to be the distribution of choice in these two
> > instances.
> >
> > Cheerio! fgd.
>
> --
> g0t_slack?
>
>
>
-- Fielder George Dowding, Chief Iceworm dba Iceworm Enterprises, Anchorage, Alaska Since 1976 - Over 25 Years of Service.--------- To unsubscribe, send email to <aklug-request@aklug.org> with 'unsubscribe' in the message body.
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