[Linux-aus] In the news today

[Silvia Pfeiffer]

I say: go for it! "jfdi" always gets you furthest. :)

S.

On 1/30/07, Marco Ostini <m.ostini at uq.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> > It's the 'Cover Story' for today's Next Section in the Business Pages.
> > (P7) but it doesn't seem to be appearing at http://next.theage.com.au/
> >
> > The main article is headlined as "Opening Minds in the Office" and
> > continues on page 10 with callouts on ODF and Developing for OOo.
>
> While looking for the above article online I came across this story instead:
>
> "Australians in virtual world stampede"
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/01/30/1169919283914.html
>
> Last night when exploring the lovely "Rome" district in second Life I was
> horrified to discover that most of the public places were covered with
> advertising for the immanent MS Vista release. Then upon arriving in the
> main square I was further dismayed to see that MS had a huge stage set up
> with all kinds of eye candy ready for the big launch.
>
> A quick search for Linux & FOSS related material in SL didn't reveal much.
>
> Would it just be a 'knee jerk' reaction to set up an LA / linux.conf.au
> presence, or are we missing an important opportunity to evangelise and
> provide a counter argument to the Vista hype?
>
> Granted the Linux Second Life client is in early development, but it's
> certainly usable in my experience.
>
> Given that it need not cost us any significant funds, but some time and
> skill of our community, should we make an effort to be heard in Second
> Life, and soon?
>
> Cheers,
> Marco
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