[advocacy-discuss] OSWC 08

[Glynn Foster]

On 30/08/2008, at 1:33 PM, Simon Phipps wrote:

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> On Aug 30, 2008, at 02:20, Glynn Foster wrote:
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>> On 30/08/2008, at 11:28 AM, Simon Phipps wrote:
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>>> On Aug 29, 2008, at 21:05, Kelly.Nishimura at Sun.COM wrote:
>>>> You can order free CDs here:
>>>> http://www.opensolaris.com/get/
>>>
>>> Thanks Kelly, although I think most of us are aware of that page.  
>>> It doesn't help in this instance though, as Victor probably wants  
>>> 50-100 CDs to distribute at the conference and that page is just  
>>> to request one. Is there a form somewhere to request a box?
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>> At the bottom of the page -
>> If you have any questions about ordering OpenSolaris 2008.05,  
>> please Contact Us . You may make a special request for additional  
>> CDs to this alias to distribute at user groups or at local  
>> conferences, but all requests must be accompanied with detailed  
>> information of your needs. Sun Microsystems Inc. reserve the right  
>> to approve or refuse any requests for CDs.
>>
>> with a contact alias. We could probably mirror the information  
>> somewhere on the advocacy pages too.
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> Right, but when you click that link it takes you to a pretty  
> anonymous and generic sun.com comment form where it's not clear who  
> is receiving it, how fast they will react and how much of what  
> information you need to provide. Not very obvious or friendly, I can  
> understand why Victor would not have seen or used it.

Good point - I'll get that fixed up. The mails go through to an alias  
which I'm also subscribed to and usually get responded to within a  
couple of days. We usually accept most people's submissions, though  
depend on the level of CDs we have available at any given time.


Glynn