On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 06:33:28AM -0800, Matt Johnson wrote:
--- Chris Puttick
wrote: SuSE couldn't find a partner - I believe last year they were on the IBM stand. I'm going tomorrow, but I've been told there wasn't much interesting.
Did Fen System's look good? I'm trying to sell their solution for them (not on commission) and some of these people are a touch shallow...
I enjoyed meeting Michael Brown at Fen, and chatting for a few minutes. The stand is small, but is nicely set out. The products are clearly defined and with investigation by punters, the products will appeal. Nice one Michael.
"Shallow people" will go for the glitz of the Microsoft stand, which in terms of real estate is predictably dominating. They are pushing some new-fangle gadget (something called "XP"?). They seemed to think it was quite good. I spoke to a representative on the stand, and was particularly impressed with a 'School Agreement' scheme, wherein, as I'm sure you'll know (I didn't), you purchase licences for all you workstations _capable_ of running Microsoft product. Splendid. You even have to licence your Linux boxes for Microsoft products, because they are on-site. Oh, and you don't even have the burden of owning the licence. You rent it. I thought this sounded like an excellent scheme,
...& so you got out your cheque book there & then?
and, after recovering from my choking episode,
... & regaining your senses ;)
I pointed out the merits and demerits of his plan for our school. He analysed our particular situation, and thought that, on reflection, some other purchase scheme may suit us best. I agreed with him that he was probably right, and we parted.
He got that bit right at least. I don't suppose that he suggested buying a copy of Suse, thus avoiding licensing hassles & providing all the functionality of an MS based system at a much reduced cost?
A good day - low Linux presence :(
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