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[Fsfe-uk] Competition?
From: |
Alex McLintock |
Subject: |
[Fsfe-uk] Competition? |
Date: |
Thu, 02 Jan 2003 12:51:26 +0000 |
Hi folks,
I am engaged in the dirty task of publicising my company and its services.
I consider myself
to be an OSS specialist which is why I am discussing this here.
One of the things I find gets a decent response is a simple "Email me the
answer to this question"
competition. For incentive I usually give away a DVD or book... I get a lot
of free review books
through http://news.DIverseBooks.com and at the moment I am thinking about
using
"Red Hat Linux Internet Server by Paul G Sery, and Jay Beale, from Redhat
Press"
as a competition prize.
(A reviewer looked over it and said....
a fine comprehensive book designed to take you by the hand and lead you around
the sometimes scary little back streets of Red Hat Linux Internet servers.
Beginning with the basic concepts, taking you through network
configuration, and then huge chunks
of info concerning security. A very useful book. Not for the complete
beginner, or the faint hearted.)
The sort of question I may ask will be something along the lines of:
Which of these is NOT a free operating system?
a) FreeBSD
b) Linux
c) Microsoft Windows
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So now comes the discussion points.....
Anyone want to help with publicising or running this? It could be turned
into a fsfe-uk thing if you like.
(The only expense is the postage by the way)
Is the prize ok, or should I add more books to it?
Is the question ok? It isn't derogatory to Windows, but hopefully reminds
people that it *isn't* free, just "bundled".
Any more suggestions?
Alex McLintock
Available for java/perl/C++/web development in London, UK or nearby. Apache
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