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Re: Founding an Amuta
> That, my friend, is exactly the point. As an Amuta we can do so much
> MORE, like ask for funding from commercial business and other
> (goverment?) organizations, realase material to the press (and get
> published), organize buying Linux stuff (CD's, journals) as a "big" body
> and enjoy the relase from certain taxes that amutot can be given.
>
> More over, I disagree that Linux does not have a crowd in Isarael. There
> are a great many Linux users in Israel that do not know of our
> existance (just the other day i saw a letter in "Byte" about linux and
> it was signed by someone named Hetz in Israel). And besides them, we
> have a REALLY big crowd of computer students (who'll love to get their
> hand on a decent OS, and I know that from experience), and high school
> students that dont have the money to buy a P120 just so that they can run a
> 32bit OS. Belive me, we have a crowd, we just need to know how to sell
> Linux (as an idea. not a product) and the Amuta is a good way to start.
>
> There is a big difference between the list and the amuta - the list is
> for giving and getting support and some news. the Amuta is for people who
> want to give back to Linux and the idea of free software what they get out of
> it daily.
What to go! Couldn't have said it better myself. People really underestimate
the number of people who'd love to install Linux if they knew about it,
and the number of people already using Linux and needing support, but
do not know about us. An amuta could really help us accomplish things.
Shay
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