On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 12:22:14PM +0800, Orlando Andico wrote: > ahh i see. seems like there's a sour note here somewhere. we shouldn't > fault people for thinking they are techies by brandishing all their techie > goodies. as Philip Greenspun of photo.net put it so succintly, many a > DICKLESS YUPPIE feels empowered by having all those techie gadgets.
haha. well it's a frustration borne by the number of tech lifestyle magazines, cellphone upgrade mania and such... while the ranks for the PLUG-level (or Windows 2003 Server-level, in fairness) techies are not increasing. > > by "revenge," I mean, using our knowledge of free software + PC hardware > > to build "gadgets" that we can add mark-up on and sell. > > wow -- some revenge. unfortunately technical knowhow is only a small > fraction of the success of any gadget. most of it (as Nokia and Sony have > famously proven again and again) is packaging and marketing. I was thinking along the lines of the Linux personal video recorders/ media servers... we can build those here, using ordinary (though a bit hard to find maybe) parts. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
