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Re: Zombit



Guy Cohen <guy@spice.org.il> writes:

> In my opinion in the next 3-5 year linux is not going to enter 
> meny corporate workstations due to lack of software, also home workstations

Speak for yourself, not for say Bloomberg L.P. :-)

Now, I cannot help being a wiseass, so here is my NIS.02 for Ze'ev
(I'm sure he knows all that):

1. The presentation should be test-run in advance many times, possibly
   in front of a mirror. This includes everything up to mouse clicks
   and wondows' moving.

2. Gnome and KDE are big and almost equal in features. I'd suggest not 
   to confuse people with presenting both of them. I personally would
   use only KDE because it has a *less* fancy look and it is included
   in most of Linux distributions as a default GUI (no flamewars
   please) (~30 seconds).

3. Since Linux is not quite ready to replace a *home* desktop for an
   average user, the presentation should not be claim that Linux is a
   replacement for home desktop. It should say however, that Linux is
   a great desktop for power users, programmers and Web people. (~15
   seconds).

4. An office suite should definitely be presented. Since StartOffice
   is close in features to MS Office 95, I'd suggest using it in the
   presentation. What would be even more impressive is to have a
   connection to some other machine/server running Samba and
   StarOffice to show networked office capabilities (something like
   remote document fetching/publishing/whatever) (~40-50 seconds)

5. A reference to the linux.org.il should be given.

6. Summary, the plan of attack:

	I. "You already heard about Linux..." - Linux intro (popular,
	   # of mlns of users, users in Israel)

	II. "Contrary to the opular myth, modern Linux is extremely
	easy to install..." (automatic hw detection, snapshot
	from COL 2.2 install would help) [25 sec.]

	III. "Let's take a look at the typical linux desktop.." (demo
	of KDE desktop, StarOffice, Word doc's import, spreadsheet doc 
	w/ graphics, networked document fetching, access to Samba and
	NT servers) [1+ minute]

        IV. "There are thousands of applications for Linux...",
        support by big companies (separate X desktop filled with apps) 
        [10-15 sec.]

	V. "There are many popular games for Linux..." (demo from
	   Civ/CTP, Quake 2, BFRIS, whatever) [30 sec.]

	VI. Conclusion "If you are into computers, give Linux a try.
	If you setup and office computing environment - you MUST
	look at linux. There is an Israeli Linux group..." [15-20
	sec.]

-- 
Alexander L. Belikoff
Bloomberg L.P. / BFM Financial Research Ltd.
abel@vallinor4.com, abel@bfr.co.il