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Re: Building a Winning Team for the Event



Sorry for a late reply on the whole subject, but wouldn't using KDE 1.1 +
Hebrew menus and writing support be impressive?

Eli Marmor wrote:
> 
> Thanks for all the responses; I received responses of both types -
> volunteers, and people with ideas. After summarizing everything, I
> got some decisions, and created a table. Everybody who is willing
> to help, is welcome to fill it and to reply directly to me (no need
> to CC the list!). If you can, rate yourself (marks between 0 - the
> lowest - and 3 - the highest). If the mailer shows you a corrupt
> table, change your fonts to fixed:
> 
> "K": Knowledge, ability (0 = no knowledge, 3 = perfect knowloedge)
> "E": Experience (0 = no experience, 3 = massive experience)
> "?": A feature which will be installed, but we still don't know if
>      it will be also demonstrated
> 
> |---------------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
> |                     | Installation  |     Usage     | Demonstration |
> |Package              |   K   |   E   |   K   |   E   |   K   |   E   |
> |---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
> |RedHat5.2+ PPP-client|       |       |       |       |       |       |
> |---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
> |Kernel 2.2.2 (or .1) |       |       |   ?   |   ?   |   ?   |   ?   |
> |---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
> |GNOME 0.99.9 (or .8) |       |       |       |       |       |       |
> |---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
> |Enlightenment DR-0.15|       |       |       |       |       |       |
> |---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
> |Themes               |       |       |       |       |       |       |
> |---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
> |GIMP                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |
> |---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
> |Wine+mIRC (or another|       |       |       |       |       |       |
> |supported Win32 app) |       |       |       |       |       |       |
> |---------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
> 
> Please detail also your availability on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday,
> and availability of media (mainy RH-5.2).
> 
> (In case 2.2.2 will not be announced till Tuesday, 2.2.1 will be
> used. In case 0.99.9 will not be announced till Tuesday, 0.99.8 will
> be used. We will use the latest snapshot of DR-0.15 which will be
> available on Tuesday. Wine: 990214, and if there is another cool app
> which works perfectly under Wine, it may be used instead of mIRC. In
> any case that a specific version of one of the above packages will
> not be stable or will make problems, an older version will be used).
> Of course, you don't need experience or knowledge in that specific
> version in order to have a high mark in it; For example, if you know
> perfectly how to install kernel 2.2.1 under RH-5.2, and we will
> install 2.2.2, give yourself "3".
> 
> Installation will be done on Tuesday (I still don't know exact
> hours and place). General rehearsal (Chazara Generalit) will be done
> on Wednesday, in Ganei-HaTaarucha (I still don't know exact hours).
> Demonstration will be done on Thursday, at 13:00 or a little later.
> 
> Special Operations - Urgent:
> ===========================
> We are looking for somebody with a deep knowledge of what hardware
> is supported by Linux (including video chipsets, sound cards,
> modems, etc.) or - alternatively - an experience with Linux under
> Compaq new PCs - to contact Marek of Compaq, and specify what PC and
> what configuration exactly is needed for us.
> Please call me ASAP (050-237338).
> 
> Equipment - Misc.:
> =================
> The demonstration will be done in 1024*768 resolution!
> (I contacted the company which is responsible for the projection
> system, and the technician there was happy to upgrade our
> resolution when he heard that it was needed for Linux :-)
> 
> Unfortunately, Ganei-HaTaarucha charges thousands of Sheqels for the
> Frame-Relay infrastructure (even after finding an ISP who is willing
> to give you a free second side), so we will have only a phone line.
> 
> I decided that it will be simpler to demonstrate only one computers,
> so no VNC/Samba/etc. will be demonstrated.
> 
> Some Blah-Blah:
> ==============
> Finally, everybody knows that Linux is VERY stable, so the purpose
> of the demo is not to impress the people with an unbeatable
> stability; The purpose is to demonstrate the "Next Generation" of
> Linux (to be included with the various distributions in the
> following months), and to show that Linux closed the gap even in the
> areas in which Linux was not strong, like desktop environments,
> ability to run some Win32 apps, friendlier apps (e.g. GIMP), etc.
> I hope to have something cool in Hebrew, but I can't promise.
> 
> We will emphasize that some of the parts are still in beta, and that
> we built our own mix of different building blocks, so it is not
> going to be the most stable OS, and that only future official
> distributions will include similar features without sacrifying the
> stability. I know that such apologies ("it is only a beta, blah-blah
> blah...") did not help Bill Gates when he demonstrated installation
> of Plug-n-Pray scanner under the beta of Win98; But still the chance
> of a failure is small.
> 
> You may call me (050-237338) in any case of a question or a problem.
> 
> Thanks for everybody,
> --
> Eli Marmor
> marmor@elmar.co.il
> El-Mar Software Ltd.
> Tel.: 050-237338

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Regards,
Yannai.

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