On Wednesday 05 January 2005 18:56, Ashish Saboo wrote:
Terrence, I for one certainly look forward for a " Real Education " & this is the reason I am on this mailing list. Here I am
My earlier mail has been rejected due to size and i dont have a copy.
But in brief 1) we are talking and mixing multiple un related bussinesses and issues Training for end users and sys admins / service guys / installers Linux windows integration (u require highily skilled personnel) Social change Law 2) The individuals involved in piracy dont care. Their interests lie merely in making a fast buck. 3) Many in this posts seem to think that since piracy is the norm it has to be acceptable. 4) Many in this post think that people with poor tech skills are not to blame for their woes.
The moment u want windows / linux integration u are escalating costs by orders of magnitude and reducing performance by an equal magnitude. However if you accept GNu/Linux machine with far greater functionality and stability as opposed to one with pirate stuff then things are completely viable. So
Cyber cafe assoc describe your setup Get your members to accept that they will not use illegal software Tell us what is the SLA u want and the price u are willing to pay.
Rony Bill, Crishna et all Tell us your SLA and your charges Tell the cybercafe boys what hardware he should buy or better still what hardware u will sell him. What backend services and systems you will provide.
All the hot air about social issues, poverty, personal gain metrics, difficulty of using linux et all will evaporate and put things in the right perespective Which is - the cybercafe guy is happy making his living at somone elses expense and our list cribbers are happy pretending that they dont need skills.
rgds jtd