Re: [vox] linux in benecia -- lunch with lugod

[Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirac.MAPSorg>]

we're going to leave saturday at 10am from davis.  i think we'll be ok
if we can get two cars.

foo, you're coming from sacto, right?  i assume you're bringing a car?

lugod would be willing to reimburse gas if you can carravan some people
to benecia.

pete


begin Foo Lim <fwlim@ucdavis.edu> 
> I would be interested, but it would depend on the time.  Let us know more
> about it!
> 
> 
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> 
> > hi all,
> >
> > doug barbieri and i are driving down to benecia to help this person.
> > essentially, he's trying to convert a microsoft only real estate office
> > into a linux only real estate office.  it's a good piece of advocacy.
> >
> > anyway, this is worth $$$ to lugod, and i figure maybe we can make a
> > road trip out of it.  after helping this dude, we can all hang out for
> > lunch afterwards and shoot the breeze.
> >
> > if anyone is interested, email me to let me know.  we'll carravan
> > together.  :)   don't be shy; everyone is invited.
> >
> > pete
> >
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message from Bradford MacLane <bmaclane@pdvinc.com> -----
> >
> > X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1
> > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 13:35:20 -0800
> > To: Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirac.org>
> > From: Bradford MacLane <bmaclane@pdvinc.com>
> > Subject: Re: Linux in Benicia
> >
> >
> > Thank you for the e-mail.  Believe me, I do know that it is a volunteer
> > effort and it is a great effort at that!  Let me try rephrasing the
> > request.  Is there a list of consultants that would be willing to be paid
> > to help get my little system up and working smoothly?
> >
> > Attending another Installfest is an option certainly.  But I think the set
> > up timing is getting a little more urgent.  My network is in disarray.
> >
> > I am very open to suggestions.  As background, I am a commercial real
> > estate appraiser.  I am thinking seriously about writing an article for our
> > professional journal regarding the trials and tribulations of an appraiser
> > attempting the change from Microsoft to Linux.
> >
> > As an example, last week I purchased the Wordperfect office suite for
> > Linux.  It turns out that the product is missing several key files (or they
> > are outdated) needed for the latest version of Linux.  It took several
> > calls to Corel and downloading these files to get it operating.  Now it
> > operates in the root directory but not in my desktop/directory.
> >
> > It is all quite a challenge - and I will see this through.  But I am also
> > running a business and I need it to work now.  Consultants?
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Bradford MacLane
> >
> >
> >
> > At 11:22 AM 1/30/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> > >bradford,
> > >
> > >lert is a volunteer effort -- i'm fairly sure that a trip to benecia
> > >will be out of the question for most people since we're talking about 2
> > >hours commute (plus a few hours for the install) for a bunch of students
> > >during midterm season.
> > >
> > >i'll forward your email to lert@lugod.org, but i think perhaps the best
> > >bet would be to attend our installfest which falls on the 3rd sunday of
> > >each month.  alternatively, we might be able to do the install at a
> > >meeting (keyword is might.  we'd need a volunteer, but this is
> > >reasonable, and i'm pretty sure we could swing it).  do you know which
> > >distro you want?
> > >
> > >pete
> > >
> > >begin Bradford MacLane <bmaclane@pdvinc.com>
> > >>
> > >> I am trying to reach the LERT group.  I need some help installing Linux
> > >and
> > >> am very willing to make a contribution for some consulting help.  I have a
> > >> small office in Benicia and need help with the conversion and network
> > >setup.
> > >>
> > >> Bradford MacLane
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