[TriLUG] Outline for proposed Linux for Business presentation.

[Andrew C. Oliver]

On Sun, 2002-01-13 at 17:15, Jon Carnes wrote:
> Good outline.  I agree that the presentation shouldn't be too long.  I 
> would suggest that it really be 2 hours.  We should also pass around 
> outlines of the presentation, focusing  on the cost comparisons - including 
> Total Cost of Ownership. After the formal presentation we should have a one 
> hour sit down and eat (a catered lunch).  After Lunch pick up again with a 
> small Q&A session, then turn it over to Red Hat to sum it up... (and of 
> course give the LUG a shameless plug).
> 

Ont the length, I'm agree in principal but I'm not entirely sure we can
cover a great deal in 2 hours.  Perhaps we should consider 2 separate
sessions instead of one.  Divide it up into IT-infrastructure and
Applications Development and Productivity.  

I like the idea of a catered sit down.  Again, however, it points the
need for a sponsored approach as I can't imagine the LUG could/should
pay for that out of the geek pizza money :-).  

I think we should definitely focus on integration in an existing windows
network and case it that "okay if you replace your PDC and central
servers you save X"..  

Perhaps that way we could prevent fatigue, cater to specific interests
while yet staying general enough?

> On Saturday 12 January 2002 23:19, Andrew C. Oliver wrote:
> > excuse the draftness of this.  I've not the time right
> > now to refine it.  Is anyone interested in this still?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Andy
> 
> How about folks in the LUG who work for companies that don't incorportate 
> Linux into their infrastructure?  This would be a good way to educate the 
> Decision makers at their companies and show the true value of Linux to the 
> local business community.
> 

Any thoughts on implementation?  Marketing is really something I'm
learning about currently.  I've got the "Marketing For Dummies" book and
everything.  For the "productivity" part of the talk we should endeavor
to find a good accounting type package to demo as well.  

Do we also want to do comparisons of Linux to Solaris?

-Andy


> Jon
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