[advocacy-discuss] Who we need to appeal to

[Anwarul Mamun]

Dear Philip,

I am sorry to say that i disagree with your comments ""things obtained for
free
are not considered as valuable". It is the things itself that determine its
value not by the money. One example is OpenSolaris :) I think what Damian
proposed, is for promotional activities. It is really important to figure
out various promotional activities that may build the large community.

--Anwarul
  BDOSUG


On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 6:02 PM, Philip Torchinsky <
Philip.Torchinsky at sun.com> wrote:

> 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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