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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] KDE and AT&T
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-10-15 21:59:07
Message-ID: 200410160001.11965.bastian () kde ! org
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In my experience it is very hard to get access to such kind of things. In 
general companies very much prefer to talk with the vendor they are dealing 
with, in particular because that vendor is supposed to sell them a supported 
solution. For a trial the best approach for both sides is probably if they 
bring consultants in from a vendor such as SUSE/Novell, or, if they still 
need to decide on a vendor, some independent KDE consultants, like 
sourcextreme.com.

Unfortunately I don't think those are decision that we can't influence very 
much from within KDE.

In general and in practical terms I think the best approach is to advertise 
the Business Directory on KDE::Enterprise to both consultants and businesses.

Cheers,
Waldo

On Friday 15 October 2004 22:07, Fabrice Mous wrote:
> On Monday 11 October 2004 21:07, Ross Baker wrote:
> |  Question:
> |
> |  Does KDE have any sort of promotional arm that could take responsibility
> | for trying to work with large organizations that are evaluating Linux and
> | KDE?  I understand that AT&T is CONSIDERING migrating a huge number of
> | users off of Windows.  If KDE could get on the INSIDE of this evaluation
> | and actually respond to or correct any perceived deficiencies, then I
> | think AT&T would be much more likely to pick KDE.
> |
> |  Or is Novell/Suse the most appropriate interface point.
>
> Well that's a good question. Should we try to get in touch with these
> organisations or should distributions try to pick this up?
>
> To be clear ... the promotional arm would be this mailinglist but the
> people who can speak for the project can be found at
> http://www.kde.org/contact/representatives.php
>
> I visit quite some events in the Netherlands and try to speak to all sorts
> of people and sometimes I speak with large organisations. I think we should
> be vocal about the KDE desktop and show people what it can do.
>
> So please visit those B2B events (even when they are boring) but also visit
> your local lug and tell them about the coolness of KDE.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Fab

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