[Gllug] Can somebody have a quiet word with him

[Jason Clifford]

On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, John Hearns wrote:

> Its no use saying 'oh - but we can borrow one/I'll put one together/ here use
> mine'
> because in the real workd the demonstration effect takes oer and it never
> works on time,
> or there are fonts missing or.... you get the picture.

Not necessarily true. What is needed is not dedicated systems for this so 
much as a specific configuration/plan for an integrated system that can be 
easily built with all the relevant documentation (for those building it) 
available so that it is always built to the same standard.

This way, so long as the plan is done right, so long as you have X amount 
of kit you can always do the demo.

> a) finding a company or companies to donate the kit

See above - not necessary.

> b) who gets trusted to keep it

See above.

> c) it will go out of date rapidly

?? This simply is not true. The point is to demonstrate function and 
usability not "the latest thing".

If the system meets the typical requirements well on day x on day z it 
will not fail to do so unless the requirements have significantly changed.

> We do hope to get a couple of demo office-style systems up for Linux Expo.

> I think that was tossed around on the system - something which will boot
> without touching the hard disk.
> Anyone know if it is possible to cram a reasonable desktop demo onto a
> diskless system?

It is however it is a lot of work and you need to know a lot about the 
specific hardware you plan to use with it.

> Problem would be the Net access - you can't cater for every network card,
> and Winmodems would be a nightmare.

So? You specify a list of supported hardware, with a note saying other 
hardware may work or may not.

Don't try to be all things to all people. That's an MS lie and it's a 
waste of time and effort trying to prove it true.

Jason
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