Salam Alaikum I ask Allah swt that we don't lose the little momentum we are trying to gather here.
Common my friends. Who is willing to work on something for the Fall schools starting season? Wassalam Abdallah On 7/11/07, Abdallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good points Alaa > > The brochure is just a starting point. We can not use it as is of course. > > > Would you be kind enough to write the essential points that a general > GNU/LINUX hand out need to have? > > Please. :) > > Just the points. don't worry about order or language used. Your target > would be Schools and Universities people. (Admin, lecturers , staff, > students... ) Just one _general_ flyer. > > Thanx Alaa. > > > > > On 7/11/07, Ala'a Ibrahim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks Ahmad, > > it's a good work you've done, with your friends, but if you may allow me > > to be a little rude, as I think there is some mistakes, correct me if I'm > > wrong. > > <quote> > > Free Software: (البرمجيات الحرة) > > البرمجيات التي يمكن للجميع استخدامها وتعديلها وإعادة نشرها دون أية > > ضوابط. > > </quote> > > No Regulations, well there is some regulations, it's GPL .... > > > > Gnu's Not Unix doesn't mean it's against Unix, actually it means it > > looks a lot like Unix. > > > > Also the point that 53% of North America Companies use Linux, well I > > don't enjoy using such numbers, cause it depends on who made the study, and > > how reliable he is, and what is his standards. if you want Microsoft claims > > that more than 80% of websites (who uses a database backend) uses SQL > > Server, for me these numbers always point to some dishonesty, cause there is > > no international Committee than everybody trusts to do such studies. > > > > PHP is the best Web Programming language, well not everybody agrees > > (especially those who use other languages :)), nor you can prove it. > > > > On 7/11/07, Ahmad Y. Saleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > if we are targeting those people (with no or little knowledge of FOSS) > > > the attached brochure would be usable. Its simple, targeting people with > > > no > > > knowledge of FOSS and its in Arabic. > > > I and other colleagues designed it for an "Open Source Open Day" at > > > the Hashemite University when I was a student there. > > > > > > I'd be glad if I can help in something else. > > > > > > > > > On 7/10/07, Issam Hambouz < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > I think concentrating on public awareness is important for such an > > > > event. You know, telling people about FOSS and show them how ease it is > > > > for > > > > anyone (normal users, students, ..). > > > > > > > > Abdallah wrote: > > > > > > > > It seems that we have 3 nominations for Alfaisal "Hair Splitting" > > > > El-Dajani. > > > > > > > > Good. Alfaisal .. You are IT. :) > > > > > > > > I volunteer to give you all the support you need from me and then > > > > some. I am sure many more will fall inline once you setup a direction. > > > > > > > > Rest assured that being a project leader of this sorry outfit is not > > > > very hard. Ask questions around and moderate responses. Figure out a > > > > consensus and steer towards it. It shouldn;t take you more than few > > > > emails > > > > a week. > > > > > > > > 15 September 2007 Deadline. > > > > > > > > > > > > What would you like to do? (Install festival, lecture series on > > > > campuses, press releases, distribute pamphlets, your input here guys. ) > > > > Can we do ALL , parts, combinations? > > > > > > > > For whom? Linux Users , public awareness , schools and > > > > universities .... > > > > > > > > How? > > > > > > > > ... > > > > .. > > > > > > > > To be continued......... > > > > > > > > > > > > Wassalam Alaikum wr wb > > > > > > > > Abdallah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/10/07, Jad madi <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > my vote goes for Faisal > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ala'a A. Ibrahim > > http://guru.alaa-ibrahim.com/ > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
