[advocacy-discuss] Who we need to appeal to

[Philip Torchinsky]

Damian,

did you look at SAI program? In particular, it gives student discounts.
One of the good place to start is *http://developers.sun.com/students/

*...and I agree with you saying on importance of non-manager sysadmins 
(doubting, however, that Solaris Internals distributing for free may help).
One of the main rule in this world seems to be "things obtained for free 
are not considered as valuable"...
*
*Philip*
*

Damian Wojslaw wrote:
> 	A few loose thoughts, if I may.
> 	I have observed the adoption of Linux by bigger companies and in bigger 
> areas and I believe that the biggest part in that process can be given 
> to admins. It's not CEOs and CTOs that have suddently switched to Linux. 
> They have finally followed hordes of lowly admins, which preffered that 
> platform. I know, I have switched few companies to Linux as they admin.
> 	Other thing is, it would be beneficial, if technical univerisites got 
> at least one copy of Solaris Internals. It's a fantastic textbook on 
> working Unix implementation. It would be expensive, I know. :/
> 	If I understand, students have possibility of discount on certification 
> exams? I could try and help with spreading the certification program 
> around a bit, but I don't know how to proceed. I do, however, have some 
> contacts around high schools here.
>
> 	Regards
>
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