If you need case studies, I suggest you talk to Bruno De Bondt (bruno at indymedia dot be) from Indymedia Belgium. They just made a full switch to ubuntu. Another organisation in their building did the same using LTS.
Joeri. Nicolas Pettiaux wrote: > 2007/6/29, Mark Van den Borre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Going above someone's head is something very unfriendly to suggest >> after only a quick first contact. Politeness requires us to work with >> socialware first and see where that takes us, even if it takes some >> time. >> > > Yes. Let's work that way first. > > >> As a young and very decentralised organisation, we're very >> vulnerable to "ubuntu-be.org is a group of conspiracy theorist free >> software zealots". >> >> Serge will be working with them the next few days. I suggest: >> * asking them to modify their deontology to take ubuntu and free >> software in general into account (write out suggestions!) >> * documenting some unquestionable case studies of non-profits using >> ubuntu &| openoffice.org >> * asking them to based upon this skip their yearly evaluation and put >> a few links to ubuntu and openoffice.org products in the "available >> products" category, maybe even have them offer ubuntu cd's >> * offering to create some free publicity about this for them >> >> We should have a much clearer idea of their position afterwards. >> > > I'll wait for more comments and info from the membres of this list. > > I am on holidays with the family for the following week and I'll read > with interest any information thereafter. > > Thanks, > > Nicolas > > -- Joeri Poesen web developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] +32 (0) 478 800 719 world.servr | webontwikkeling voor social- en non-profits http://world.servr.be
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