[ILUG] FLOSS support for SME

[Bernhard Rohrer]

A website is required, but not sufficient. What is needed is a marketing plan and hence marketing professionals. Get a message, use adwords, start email campaigns etc.

/B

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From: "frank.duignan at gmail.com " frank.duignan at gmail.com
To: "Ralph" ron at valentia-island.com , "Irish Linux Users Group" ilug at linux.ie
CC: support at kerry-linux.ie
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:32:24 +0100
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> ISME might be interested. At annual conference?
>
> - Sent from my HTC on 3 -
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Ralph" ron at valentia-island.com
> To: ilug at linux.ie
> Cc: support at kerry-linux.ie
> Subject: [ILUG] FLOSS support for SME
> Date: Mon, Mar 26, 2012 1:02 pm
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>
>
> Michael Jonler writes:
>
>> What it needs is the weight of a connected network of people and
>> businesses (such as yourself) across Ireland behind it.
>
> I see no problem to build that.
>
>> The framework for this is in the about/people section.
>> This will makegood on the promise of availability.
>> This community of people/businesses working around an
>> agreed and documented set of products/technologies will make
>> good on consistency (but still allow room for innovation).
>
> The world of FOSS is so rich, it'll be not much of a problem
> to agree on core technologies (apache, postfix, iptables, gnupg, mysql
> rsync, python, and various apps on top of it, the list goes on)
>
>> The documentation system is there for this purpose
>> (community/documentation)
>
> Agreed.
>
> But the one major question remains (and I insist):
>
> How do we manage to get attention from the ones in the SME world
> that can definitely benefit from our support ?
>
> And the answer is not: by creating a website.
>
> We don't have an answer, let's admit it. (Wish that wasn't true)
>
> Ralph
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