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Re: Installation party and PF1



Hi,

Well, in any case, if all goes well, and everything will go like last
time, Actcom will sponsor us anyway.

PS - I second Hetz. For the ONLY company that represents Linux - make some
publicity!

Shachar.

On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Well, ofcourse, Linux installation parties is more than welcome to
> promote Linux in Israel.
> 
> As for PF1 - I'm a bit skeptical, and allow me to explain:
> 
> 1. PF1 sells Linux in Israel at a quite stiff price (~300 NIS), but I
> don't see any promotion of Linux in the media. As a person who works
> with business customers at ISDN Net who needs to recommend to clients a
> web/mail/ftp solution I am *forced* to recommend NT, but I know for sure
> that PF1 and specially the Linux OS can do the same job with much more
> reliable operation on a modest hardware and minimum maintenance, not
> mentioning stablity. So PF1 - hello? are you alive? how about more 1
> page full colour advertisement?? how about a good mirror ftp in Israel?
> 
> 2. I really don't see how PF1 can help besides sponsoring? what are
> they're going to do? to charge each client for ~300 NIS for
> installations?
> 
> I trully hope that Linux of PF1 won't get the same treatment as Netscape
> with the Hebrew issue (when was the last time you've seen Hebrew on
> Netscape menu's?)
> 
> Hetz
> 

Shachar Tal
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