Re: Linux Demo Day

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Richard wrote:

> It'd be impressive if we could give away vouchers for
> > RedHat Unleashed or something, that way people could try the operating
> > system without being completely out-to-sea. .
> Think the closest we could get with Blackwell's would be an offer of
> a book discount.

That was basically what I meant. They have their computing book offers
still on, perhaps they could extend them an extra month to people with
vouchers?

> I had an idea to get Linux Emporium interested as a
> PCW adviser. But, I'm sure they'd see John Winters as competition
> (which they wouldn't want). Another idea might be to ask PCW to buy
> in some Cheapbytes CDs and give them away. Then again I don't see
> them wanting to spend money.

We could just turn up with a CD burner some ISOs and do them for free
(i.e., at cost). They can't complain with us giving stuff away, surely? ;)

> Keep chatting away Alex. Might come up with something that works eh
> ?

Mud, wall, etc. ;)

> The Meadowhall option would allow everyone more freedom to do
> whatever they wanted but then we go back to being stuck in a rush
> without backup.

Plus there will be lots of school kiddies running about. I can't think of
anywhere in Meadowhall with enough room off-hand either, considering the
volume of people.

Cheers,

Alex.

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