Re: [us-marketing] Marketing Plan

On Sat, 2011-05-14 at 14:39 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press
Productions wrote:

> <snip>
> > An idea I have is to approach state or local governments about using
> > FOSS when possible, not just LO but LO would be part of the package. The
> > idea based on the maturity of some of the major Linux distros for the
> > average user to use effectively. In Georgia the collapse of the real
> > estate bubble has hit hard state wide and very hard in some the
> > metropolitan regions.
> >
> > Jay Lozier
> > jslozier@gmail.com
> My local city used some free software now, so it is just a step to get 
> them to look at LibreOffice.
>
> Also with the NA DVD, we do have some other packages included.
> See: http://libreoffice-na.us/English/extras.html for the list.
>
> There are many other packages I usually include in the "new computer" 
> DVDs I hand out to people that want me to setup their new computers for 
> them.  Some I install, while others I let them know about so they can 
> install them if they choose to.  I try to stuff the DVD full of stuff 
> that they might be able to use.  For the Windows-Only version we use 314 
> MB out of the 1,400 MB of space for the install files for Windows and 
> Portable version of LibreOffice.  So there is a lot of other stuff added 
> to the DVD than just the install files for LibreOffice.
>
> Do you have any list of software that you would include for a DVD of 
> free software that a government, business, or non-profit organization, 
> could use that could be added to a hand out disk set?


I do not have a good list for Windows, I use Linux primarily. I would
think any business process management FOSS would be of some interest.
Accounting and record keeping is important. I know there are some
available for Linux, I need to check the repositories for their names.
-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com



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