--- Robin 'Roblimo' Miller <robin@roblimo.com> wrote:
> Okay, many of the videos from my new book, Point &
> Click OpenOffice.org!
> (in bookstores next month) are now online for free:
>
>
http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/11/09/2044220
>
> This book and video are not for 31337 Linux users
> like you. They're for
> your Windows-using friends and family members who
> think there is no easy
> way to start using open source software. They're a
> starting point for
> people who may not even have experience with MS
> Office. My idea (roundly
> dissed by the "everyone needs to use the command
> line from day one"
> crowd, as usual), is that you need to start people
> off with open source
> in ways that make them feel comfortable, then
> gradually help them learn
> more -- if they want to.
>
> For various personal and legal reasons, I can't
> release many videos
> before January, but after that I will be making a
> whole bunch of them. I
> will post some of them on the WWW as free downloads,
> plus sell CD (or
> downloadable) sets.
>
> Right now, I'm think I want to get application
> coverage (i.e. Xchat,
> Firefox/Thunderbird, Nvu, GAIM, etc.) for
> cross-platform software, while
> doing installation and admin videos for most of the
> popular Linux
> distros so I can sell packages based on SUSE,
> Debian, Mandrakedriva, and
> so on.
>
> I am also open to producing (and marketing) videos
> done by others. I
> have the tools at my home in Bradenton. If you want
> to get involved,
> email me off-list and we'll set up a trial recording
> session or two.
>
> - Robin
>
>
>
I will absolutely buy this book
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