Re: [us-marketing] Stats update one - SCaLE

Drew,

It's great to read your live reporting from the show! Thanks for sharing this.

-Ben

On Feb 25, 2011, at 3:04 PM, drew@baseanswers.com wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> Well, it's off and running - have not met up with any of our guys yet - just finished lunch with 
> some new friends - amongst them the web master for the El Paso, Tx LUG (back to this in a 
> moment), talked about LibO a good bit at the table.
>
> The name of the package, not really a big hit, put another way there hasn't been a single person 
> so far that hasn't asked if that is really going to be the name and Why?
>
> Talked a little bit about the cloud vs local storage, there was quite a bit of support at this 
> table for having local storage options, particularly with an office application. Much had to do 
> with concerns over security for proprietery or personal information. Interesting, and therefore 
> no names here, buit the table had a number of guys that work for firms offering SAAS.
>
> Had a lengthy conversation regarding reaching out to the histpanic communiity in the US, 
> somethinhg that everyone at the table felt was not being done well in the Linux community in 
> general, although I have a contact now in El Paso, TX LUG, a predominantly hispanic group, and an 
> invitaton to get onto the ML and introduce our project.
>
> OK - off to try and find the other guys - also had a bit of a snafu at the print center this 
> morning - need to go back this afternoon and hopefully our jub is ready...ah, wouldn't be a show 
> without at least one problem..right.
>
> More Later,
>
> Drew
>
>
>
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