From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 25 10:33:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C59C016A4CE for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:33:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ECA843D2D for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:33:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsdfreak@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 40so578917rnz for ; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:33:28 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=i3NcQJSoj7O7MBOsvPjZNTpBFiuRPG8copokttP8kbPWdmOEyoe+XFDLSinzPIyPqQifL/pjar2b9W8MoxiKuWqtr8ESx0YiHjLZvyEvt3eNunqoY9D1kMPxTuDUaoLHR4mE9FNMmmEAGY+AJwBnwwnjsEgEYAlD53Dr1N0+zdc= Received: by 10.38.179.56 with SMTP id b56mr2671212rnf; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:33:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.179.44 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 02:33:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 05:33:28 -0500 From: Alexander Chamandy To: Julian Stacey , freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200503032113.j23LD3Ro004360@fire.jhs.private> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200503032113.j23LD3Ro004360@fire.jhs.private> Subject: Re: Anyone done a BSD presentation to a Chamber of Commerce etc ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Alexander Chamandy List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:33:29 -0000 On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:13:03 +0100 (CET), Julian Stacey wrote: > Anyone done a BSD presentation to a Chamber of Commerce etc ? (= > IHK in Germany), that might be a particularly effective way of > advocating BSD to a wide influential group of decision makers ? > > CNN has a (TV not web) feature on free software in business this > week, so a good time to approach business wherever CNN is watched ? > > - > Julian Stacey Net & Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com > Mail in Ascii (Html=Spam). Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I haven't to an actual Chamber of Commerce, but I have to business leaders in the capacity of a consultant. I think if we could create a flexible and in-depth presentation to use with such gatherings, it would generate a lot of interest. Business leaders who are examining the bottom line, their business' security and the overall efficiency of their information infrastructure are allured by the idea of FreeBSD when there is a support contract involved. One of the main myths Microsoft pushes is that (most) open source comes with no support, but this is not the case! Many companies (including mine) help a lot of clients with their various FreeBSD and other open source needs. If we can dispel this myth and give other convincing reasons for migration or adoption, I think we'll be very successful. -- Best wishes, Alexander G. Chamandy Webmaster www.bsdfreak.org Your Source For BSD News!