Re: Boot Logo - politically correct

Dieter =?ISO-8859-1?Q?N=FCtzel (nuetzel@kogs1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de)
Fri, 31 Jul 1998 20:47:24 +0200

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> Ok, I must add my bit now. I have been working (unofficially) with
> several IT directors and similar positions in a few companies. One is
> quite a large one (read international). They are sick of MS and the
> chunt that ensues when it comes around. I do not believe they would run
> linux if it had beer in the logo. This again, is not religious, or
> political, its just a fact. I doubt they would run vesafb on many
> computers, if at all.
>
> The good news is, if the logo doesn't have beer, at least one company is
> starting a pilot program to see if Linux (and a few specific pieces of
> software that run on it... mainly office suite etc) will fit the bill.
> If it does, you have one large company replacing almost/if not all
> everything NT with Linux.
>
> Bad news is... well read the above, that beer logo is a killer.
>
Nice to hear!!!

Are you thinking about StarOffice 4.0 for Linux from StarDivision,
Germany; 5.0 coming soon in autumn this year?!!!
It's a very great thing. We're working with it under Linux and SUN
Solaris 2.5/2.6 here.

Regards,

I am sitting here and waiting to here something about your company.

---Dieter

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Dieter Nuetzel
Graduate Student, Computer Science


University of Hamburg
Department of Computer Science
Cognitive Systems Group
Vogt-Koelln-Strasse 30
22527 Hamburg, Germany


email: nuetzel@kogs.informatik.uni-hamburg.de




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Ok, I must add my bit now.  I have been working (unofficially) with
several IT directors and similar positions in a few companies.  One is
quite a large one (read international).  They are sick of MS and the
chunt that ensues when it comes around.  I do not believe they would run
linux if it had beer in the logo.  This again, is not religious, or
political, its just a fact.  I doubt they would run vesafb on many
computers, if at all.

The good news is, if the logo doesn't have beer, at least one company is
starting a pilot program to see if Linux (and a few specific pieces of
software that run on it... mainly office suite etc) will fit the bill. 
If it does, you have one large company replacing almost/if not all
everything NT with Linux.

Bad news is... well read the above, that beer logo is a killer.



Nice to hear!!!


Are you thinking about StarOffice 4.0 for Linux from StarDivision, Germany;
5.0 coming soon in autumn this year?!!!

It's a very great thing. We're working with it under Linux and SUN
Solaris 2.5/2.6 here.


Regards,


I am sitting here and waiting to here something about your company.


---Dieter


---

Dieter Nuetzel

Graduate Student, Computer Science


University of Hamburg

Department of Computer Science

Cognitive Systems Group

Vogt-Koelln-Strasse 30

22527 Hamburg, Germany


email: nuetzel@kogs.informatik.uni-hamburg.de

 

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