Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: > > Conversely, is there any way a Linux company can participate in an > Microsoft promoting event and talk about the virtues of Linux? >
I have been to a MS-Enterprise Architects meeting in my 'Linux bit my windows' T-shirt, and handed out DVD's of CentOS etc ( 50 DVD's that day ) and I had atleast 8 different people offer to buy me a drink after ( the morons only had organic snacks and 8 different kinds of juices and milk variants at the event, had it been an OpenSource event, we'd have had burgers and ale ) - Its not, perhaps, a fair comparison to the situation here like LA, since the event was only Tech people, who have worked with MS Tech for a long time and are on the front end - and bumping into linux / legacy unix on a moderate / regular basis. I think the point here isnt that MS is hanging around linux events and brain washing visitors with FUD, the issue is - they consider the Linux movement to be a major enough threat to need a counter. Keeping this in mind, my view would be to spend the energy on the day, at the event - and ensure people do get the right picture w.r.t the linux V/s Windows issues. They might claim TCO is lower, there are studies that refute that - make sure those studies are available on the day. Effectively, insure that people who come there, REALLY do go over to the MS area, talk to their people - and then also talk to the Linux users and vendors to see the real picture. Just my 2 bits worth. I've see that he most loyal linux followers in the business and enterprise arena are people who made the choice, with fair knowledge on their side. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
