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From ilug-admin@linux.ie Mon Sep 2 16:21:52 2002
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NAA27423 for ilug@linux.ie; Mon, 2 Sep 2002 13:07:54 +0100
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Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 13:07:54 +0100
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From: Liam Bedford <pro@linux.ie>
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To: ilug@linux.ie
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Subject: [ILUG] Marketing SIG has a good start :)
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IT's Monday 520 02 September 2002
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STUDENT LIFE BEGINS WITH LINUX
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by
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John Sterne
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The launch last month of a marketing special interest group by the
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Irish Linux Users Group (ILUG) - open source and marketing, it
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seems, might not be mutually exclusive concepts - has already
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sparked an interesting initiative at University College Cork. When
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the new academic year begins at UCC, every incoming student will
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be offered a copy of Red Hat Linux 7.3.
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ILUG member Braun Brelin proposed this promotion, when he ran a
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training class for staff at the UCC computer science department.
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Brelin, who is the director of technology at OpenApp, says that the
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Linux offer could be extended to any or all of the other Irish
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universities.
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The user group is tapping into an international Red Hat programme
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that aims to introduce students at all levels to the open source
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style of computing. The Linux distributor runs an 'educational
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channel' to reach this audience, bundling educational software
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with its operating environment and offering networked support
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services to eligible applicants. This scheme was originally designed
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to suit the educational structures in the US, but is now available to
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schools and universities throughout the world.
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Red Hat Linux 7.3 incorporates ease of use and maintenance
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features and is intended to counter objections that Linux is hard to
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master on personal systems.
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The Linux-for-all project at UCC could also raise the profile of Red
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Hat Ireland. Based in Cork, this operation has run shared financial
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services for other Red Hat offices in Europe since 2000. Until now
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its involvement with users in Ireland has been fairly limited,
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although it does sometimes refer them to other Red Hat offices in
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Europe that offer consulting or technical support services.
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David Owens, Red Hat's director of global logistics and production,
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sees the formation of the ILUG marketing group as a reason to take
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a more proactive approach. In the last three months, he notes, his
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office in Cork has received more and more calls from Irish
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companies that are interested in adopting Linux and has introduced
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some to Red Hat pre-sales consultants.
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Many thanks are due to Braun and David for working together on this one.
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Regards
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L.
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--
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