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On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Ben Holt wrote:
> I would think that some X server/client demos would get people's attention.
>
> Run something like Gimp on a Linux server and then have various clients
> (Linux, Win95, MacOS, whatever) connected running their own X server/client
> interacting with Gimp on the server. All the talk about thin clients and
> application servers, Linux has already done it.
>
> What, if any, do you think our chances would be of having someone from
> Corel show up and demo a Linux server version of Word Perfect? I don't
> even know if there's a Corel sales rep in town, but we could suggest it to
> Corel as a perfect marketing opportunity, and it would sure lend a lot of
> credibility to our rave reviews of Linux. If this interests anybody I
> could look into it.
>
> We could also run some emulators... Nothing like running a Win95 or MacOS
> app on Linux to get someone's attention.
>
> Just some thoughts.
>
> - Ben
>
>
>
>
> At 06:55 PM 04/08/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >Andrew Daviel <advax@triumf.ca> pondered:
> >
> >>I just wondered what kind of stuff would impress a typical W95 user.
> >
> >Probably stuff like
> >
> > - Linux apps boasting file-compatibility with MS Office. ;^)
> >
> > - KDE, admin Control Panels, reassuring air of GUI-ness.
> >
> > - Dual booting of Win9x/NT and Linux.
> >
> > - Snappily-responding high-res display, elegant fonts, general
> > aura of window-manager prettiness.
> >
> > - A complete S.u.S.E install. ("You get more!")
> >
> > - An elaborately animated game running at "screaming" speed.
> >
> >>One press clipping about Mac I saw thought that running 6 movies
> >>simultaneously was impressive ...
> >
> >Well, maybe it is impressive: almost anyone can grasp the implications
> >immediately, provided both picture quality and frame rate are
> >impressively high.
> >
> >People are typically most readily impressed (and tempted!) by a better
> >version of what they already know, even if later on, having succumbed
> >to it, they discover it's rather more different and a much greater
> >improvement than they thought.
> >
> >Performing feats of server-hammering and other industrial-grade
> >activities may tend to sow fear and panic among the untutored heathens.
> >Demonstrate a stable, fast, reasonably-priced workstation, on the other
> >hand, and the poor, huddled, masses who've been longing for such a
> >thing will be impressed and quite possibly tempted.
> >
> >"Don't think of it as a unix, think of it as NT++." Oops, really bad
> >slogan! But to lure the typical Win95 user into taking Linux for a spin
> >one could do a lot worse.
> >
> >Bruce
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