On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 00:25, Leon Brooks wrote: > Hint: they'd be encouraged about Linux if they got overwhelming > community support. (-: Rock on to them then :) I'd suggest that they start talking to some of the larger LAN gaming groups, some of the LUGs (and hey, LCA05) and offer to give away/lend some cards out to people. Or discounts, or whatever - that's always fun, and with linux support -good community building. Also, maybe get them talking to some Unis - they have sweet FA in funds, and the graphics guys could like some toys to play with (and hey, maybe students will buy them too :) > Perhaps we should do a minor, almost practice press release on this one? > Something along the lines of officially welcoming XGI's input to the > world Linux community, expressing pleasure at seeing a potentially > important hardware manufacturer facing and embracing the immense energy > of the open source world and looking forward to a long and mutually > beneficial relationship? esp if their drivers are open-source (i haven't looked, my bad). although i'm not quite convinced on the press-release purely promoting newcomers - what about those who've been at it for years? hrrm... oh, somebody else have that debate for me :) -- Stewart Smith <stewart@linux.org.au> Linux Australia Inc
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