Just chiming in with my 2 cents worth ... we in the US do NOT want this to be a "US thing". This idea is not to make a demonstration of what the US can do ... but to show the world what Linux can do. Linux did not get its start in the United States. It is my understanding that, to some extent, the public schools of Mexico have standardized on Linux. I can assure you that this is not imminent for the American school system as a whole. We are all just computer geeks. Some of us have calloused hands from earning our living through manual labor. I am one of those. Others write code for that "other" operating system for a living but write code for Linux for a life. It really doesn't matter ... as a group, we are "geeks". I wouldn't have it any other way. Really, it would be unrealistic for any individual to attempt to contact EVERY media resource in the world. Eugene needs a LOT of help ... and I am sure he will not mind giving credit where it is due. We need to contact the "mainline" media even more so than we need to contact the technical media. While it would be nice to have our peers say "wow ... what a great idea!" it will be even nicer if newbies take a look at Linux and say "Wow ... what a great O/S!" Deepak needs help. I need help ... everyone who has made a start in this needs help. If you want to help, just let Deepak know what you wish to take responsibility for. That, really, is all it takes to make a start. A couple days ago I asked Deepak how many nations had partcipants so far. Now you know why I asked. This does not need to be "a US thing". In fact, that would defeat the whole purpose. For Linux geeks all over the world to cooperate in this venture is to further blur the distinctions between nations. Linux won't bring peace ... but it can help bring brotherhood closer. Write Deepak and let him know which load you are going to carry. Bill "Eugene C." wrote: > > Hello Gerd-Christian and James, > > You bring a good point. > Just to reminder, I did a first layout for a french > speaking page. > > For example, advertiser that want to target places, > like : Quebec, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Africa, > etc. could post their add here. > > It would be target oriented advertising. > Of course if IBM or HP want to put an add on every > language web site, they are welcome to do it. > > We may need more language dependant pages. > I just need some help from people from others > languages. > > Eugene > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > --- > This message was automatically sent by the Linux Demo Days mailing list > To remove yourself from this list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the "unsubcribe" in your message body.
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