count me. I'll have mine sent next week na. im still preparing our company profile to stress OSS ;p ill have it by next week monday ;p
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:56:54 +0800 (PHT), ian sison (mailing list) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gee, only 3 responded yesterday. I'm sure there are more of you. > Companies and Individual Consultants. > > =================================================== > > Hi all, > > I'm giving a talk in PhilOSC next month about the 'State of Local Open > Source and Linux Support'. I'm looking for information on local companies > engaged in providing such services. If you're one of them, speak up now! > > FAQ: > > Q. Does the company have to be a 'pure' linux company? > A. No, as long as you have a division/person actively supporting clients' > open source requirments > > Q. Does it have to be a company at all? > A. No, you can be a group of geeks that get paid regularly by companies > and have a fixed set of offerings. As long as you are organized, and have > a collective name and contact info, that's fine. > > Q. Who should we send the information to? > A. Please send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] PRIVATELY. Not to the list please. > THIS IS NOT A GO SIGNAL TO ADVERTISE ON PLUG OR LINUXJOBS! > > Q. What information should we provide? > A. Contact Person, Company Name, Address, Contact Details (Phone, Fax, > Email, Cellphone, Smoke Signal), EXPERTISE (what you want to be known > for), 1 Paragraph blurb on what your company is, and Website URL. > Again, send this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Q. I'm a company that uses Linux internally, am i included? > A. Sorry no, not unless you plan to support linux externally. > > Q. I'm an independent consultant, can I join this list? > A. You can, but your name will be grouped alongside other consultants. > To differentiate yourself, make sure your expertise offerings are uber > cool! > > Q. Is this free advertising or what? > A. In a way, yes as I will be giving a handout containing the contact > information of all who submit, and distribute them to the attendees of the > talk. If there is an excess we will distribute it after the event. > > Q. But doesn't Ian Sison have his own Linux company? > A. Yes, he does. But he will be making this talk as the president of PLUG > who, by default, should be non-partisan, and impartial. I will endeavor > to be true to this ideal. :) > > Q. WHEN is the deadline for sending this information? > A. Tuesday, 3 August 2004. I need some time to compose the speech. > > Q. WHY should we even do this? > A. Do this if: (1) You want to be known as an OSS provider (2) You want > more people to know about your company's offerings (3) Your company wants > to come out of the "closet" and support linux publicly. > > Remember those attenting the talk are people who are looking for people to > support their OSS projects, so this is a very targetted audience. > > Ian > > -- > 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 > -- Roger P. Filomeno Systems Developer Finger Apps Inc http://fingerapps.com 3/F Makati Finance Bldg., 7823 Makati Ave., Makati. -- 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
