liam bedford prolinuxie monday 520 02 september 2002 student life begins linux john sterne launch last month marketing special interest group irish linux users group ilug open source marketing seems might mutually exclusive concepts already sparked interesting initiative university college cork new academic year begins ucc every incoming student offered copy red hat linux 73 ilug member braun brelin proposed promotion ran training class staff ucc computer science department brelin director technology openapp says linux offer could extended irish universities user group tapping international red hat programme aims introduce students levels open source style computing linux distributor runs educational channel reach audience bundling educational software operating environment offering networked support services eligible applicants scheme originally designed suit educational structures us available schools universities throughout world red hat linux 73 incorporates ease use maintenance features intended counter objections linux hard master personal systems linuxforall project ucc could also raise profile red hat ireland based cork operation run shared financial services red hat offices europe since 2000 involvement users ireland fairly limited although sometimes refer red hat offices europe offer consulting technical support services david owens red hats director global logistics production sees formation ilug marketing group reason take proactive approach last three months notes office cork received calls irish companies interested adopting linux introduced red hat presales consultants many thanks due braun david working together one regards l irish linux users group iluglinuxie httpwwwlinuxiemailmanlistinfoilug unsubscription information list maintainer listmasterlinuxie mon 2 sep 2002 130754 0100 ilug marketing sig good start