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NYC LOCAL: Wednesday 27 July 2005 NYLUG: Maria Winslow on Convincing Your Manager to Approve Your Favorite Software |
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25 Jul 2005 22:41:32 -0400 |
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From: Sunny Dubey <info@nylug.org>
To: NYLUG Announcements <nylug-announce@nylug.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:47:25 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [nylug-announce] New York Linux User's Group Meeting 7/27: Maria
Winslow on Convincing Your Manager to Approve Open Source
(THIS WEDNESDAY, RSVP CLOSES TOMORROW AT 2:30PM!)
July 27th, 2005
Wednesday
6:30PM-8:00PM
IBM Headquarters Building
590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street
12th Floor, home to the IBM Linux Center of Competency
** RSVP Instructions **
You must R.S.V.P. for *EVERY* meeting.
Register at http://rsvp.nylug.org/
Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge and room number.
Maria Winslow (Virtuas)
-on-
Convincing Your Manager to Approve Open Source
The grass roots efforts of system administrators have brought Linux and
other open source software into the enterprise, frequently under the
radar. But to take the next step in open source advocacy at work, you
need to speak the language of management and convince them from their
point of view. We shall discuss the right and wrong ways to present your
case, why your audience makes all the difference (technical manager versus
non-technical business owner), how to really hook them with proof of cost
savings, and two secret weapons in your quest to promote open source.
We will talk about why bashing Microsoft will not help you in your case,
which migration recommendations will seem the most practical and feasible
to management, and how to present those recommendations in terms that
management will respond to. Additionally We will talk about how your goals
are different from those of management, and how to adjust your approach
accordingly. Finally, we'll demystify ROI (return on investment), and show
how you can put together simple calculations to back you up.
We will be giving away one copy of "The Practical Manager's Guide to Open
Source" (http://windows-linux.com/practicalOpenSource).
About Maria Winslow
As an Open Source Practice Leader with Virtuas (http://virtuas.com), Ms.
Winslow assists clients in understanding the technical and budgetary
impact open source software will have on their computing environments.
Her book "The Practical Manager's Guide to Open Source"
(http://windows-linux.com/practicalOpenSource), guides IT directors and
system administrators through the process of finding practical uses for
open source that will integrate seamlessly into existing infrastructures,
as well as understanding the costs and savings. Ms. Winslow is a frequent
speaker and author on the topic of open source, and is a contributing
editor of open source applications at LinuxPlanet and Linux Today. She
can be reached at maria.winslow at windows-linux dot com
Swag (Give Away) - During the meeting... unusually terrific swag of
non-predetermined origin will be given out to all attendees at the
regular meeting for free as usual.
Stammtisch
After the meeting ... Join us around 8:30pm or so at TGI Friday's,
located at 677 Lexington Avenue and 56th Street, second floor.
Northeast corner.
Please see our home page at http://www.nylug.org for the HTMLized
version of this announcement, our archives, and a lot of other good
stuff.
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Jay Sulzberger <secretary@lxny.org>
Corresponding Secretary LXNY
LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization.
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