On Wednesday 05 June 2002 12:03, Kevin McLauchlan wrote:
Anybody know if SuSE has any kind of program or relationship with Linux User Groups?
The local OCLUG (Ottawa C_____ Linux Users Group) was large and active, the last time I looked, but they were all using RH, Debian, Mandrake or several lesser-known distros. Hardly anyone admitted to running SuSE.
The Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group is in regular contact with SuSE, and there are several of use who are SuSE users. The only complaint so far is with the shipping company. The last shipment came via UPS. The parcel was dropped on at my door and 2 weeks latter they sent a bill for COD. Other companies shipped pre-paid, but we couldn't give those box sets away.
It seems to me that having a connection with LUGs would be a useful marketing tactic for a Linux company. Sponsor some 'install-fests', maybe provide some speakers for their major gatherings, put up some door-prizes...
Attendance at installfests is way down now that linux is so easy to install. We actually had an installfest for people that had been trying and couldn't get it to work. We had old 486's with very old SCSI cards, people trying to build a routre/firewall, a bunch of laptops wanting to get live video and wireless working and an iMac.