[plug] Training for Linux?

[David Campbell]

First pass, comments prior to nation-wide email broadcast.
David Campbell

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Background
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During the discussions of the Perth Linux User Group last night, there was a heated 
discussion (not quite a heated debate but coming close) on how to promote Linux in the 
general comunity. In the previous week there had been a small segment (1 min 36 sec) on 
Channel 10 News about Linux which generated mixed responses (the Prez [Chris Cornish] 
was fuming at the way the footage was edited although he had a marked increase in 
queries [and sales] at his day job about Linux).

One line of thought was that the article promoted Linux as a drop in replacement for 
Win95 causing people to rush out and "try it" possibly getting burnt and giving Linux a 
bad reputation.

The two personal comments here is that people think they know enough (about Linux) but 
actually only enough to be dangerous, secondly [Linux/Unix] "If you want this kind of 
computing power you must realise it doesn't come easily" [although it is becoming 
easier every year :-]. If you wish to flame me on the above views, see the flame 
thrower section later...

    (I will be playing "Devil's Advocate" for some of the following sections).

Education - Industry
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