[ale] Re: [ale-unemployed] Where we stand 2/8/02

[Adrin]

Why Not run Linux and then use wine to
run a windows app in some cases.  I bet
a Linux desktop could look a lot like a
windows one.  On top of the user only
wanting to learn the employers app. And
where the games are.


Adrin


-----Original Message-----
From: Irv Mullins
[mailto:irvm at ellijay.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 2:56
PM
To: ale at ale.org
Subject: [ale] Re: [ale-unemployed]
Where we stand 2/8/02

On Friday 08 February 2002 10:33 pm,
James P. Kinney III wrote:
> For the benefit of those who were
unable to attend, this is a rundown of
> the (on topic :) discussions:
>
> Everyone pretty much agreed that a
collective effort to get consulting
> work for all of use would be a more
effective use of our individual,
> limited resources.
>
> We discussed some target markets for
focusing an advertising campaign
> on. New start-up small to mid-size
business and medical offices were the
> most common targets.

This is a good and sensible approach.
However, these are also the
same businesses that can't afford staff
programmers, so appropriate packaged
software (or reasonably priced custom
software) must be available. I think
that will be the biggest stumbling block
to overcome. You'll need to have
references to people who are
successfully using software X, Y and Z
in
similar situations, if you expect to
wean them from Windows.

I search the web regularly for Linux
business software, but most of what
I've found seems to fall somewhere
between pre-beta and vaporware, or is
priced out of the small business market.
Hopefully, I am totally wrong
about this - if so, someone correct me.

Regards,
Irv


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