Not sure where to post this, but it is sort of marketing related...

[Lisa Hoover]

Jim,

At the bottom of the page at Linux.com is a link titled "Write for us." You
could offer to write up your story for them. :-)

Lisa




On 8/24/07, Jim Nanney <jnanney at mscoast.com> wrote:
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> My wife and I started a business over the summer that is really starting
> to take off.  In our quest to create our own income, we decided our path
> should be a Open Source only one.  Now this may not seem so hard, but
> the area in which we live creates some logistical problems along that
> route.
>
> We run Fedora only at our house and our children have had exposure to a
> Free Software ONLY household the whole time.  My belief in Free Software
> turned my wife into a Fedora user and amazingly she cannot stand other
> operating systems.  Not because of the lack of freedom but because of
> the lack of usability.  As such using any other operating system has
> been more of a headache to her than I ever thought possible.  This is
> after many of my failed attempts over the years to switch her from other
> Operating Systems.  Red Hat 9 was her first taste, but it was not enough
> to make her switch.  Fedora 4 was when the switch actually occurred.
>
> I guess the background may be a bit much, but I wonder if any of you who
> are excellent writers would like to do a case study or interview of us
> about a business started purely from Open Source roots and the hassles
> and non-hassles that has come to surface from going down an open source
> only road.
>
> We really want to highlight to everyone that not only is the freedom
> provided by open source software available, but is a key ingredient in
> success from a business standpoint.  Yes, as with any business there are
> obstacles, but with open source solutions these have been very minor
> when they could have been devastating.
>
> Our business is a grocery delivery business serving those who either
> have no capability to shop for themselves, no time to do it, or have
> better things to do with their time, or any combination of those three.
> Our business is pure open source, from the software that runs the web
> site, the software that runs the bookkeeping, and even the software we
> use to create our advertisements.
>
> By using these available open source solutions we have been able to
> customize what we need and yet save money.  Total Cost of Ownership is a
> buzzword these days, but in essence, we are realizing huge cost savings
> on a daily basis.
>
> I guess I have rambled enough, but my main point is we are a great test
> case or point of reference for marketing Fedora in that we use its
> capabilities to the fullest for our business, and that is proving to
> have been an excellent choice.
>
> Feel free to contact me if you would like more info about how we use
> open source and in particular Fedora to further our business.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - --Jim Nanney
>
> I guess I should disclose that I signed up earlier this year to be a
> Fedora Ambassador and I have been a contributing member of the Fedora
> Free Media Project.
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