Category Archives: Marketing

Get Your Training On at OLFU

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

The task of keeping current with skills and technologies is a never-ending job for a system administrator. If you work in a busy shop like I do, asking your boss for a week-long training session across the country is difficult. … Continue reading →

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Government Saves Lives with Free Software

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

Graduated from college at the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelors of Science in Information Science ten years ago. It would not have been possible without my mother, Susan Rose. Mom is a Registered Nurse for the Veterans Administration who … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Market Share Squashers to present at Ohio LinuxFest’s Ubucon

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

I am proud to announce that I will be speaking at the Ubucon at the Ohio LinuxFest on Friday September 10, 2010 on the subject of Ubuntu’s Bug One: “Microsoft Has a Majority Market Share.” Here I describe how Microsoft … Continue reading →

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But I don’t know Linux well enough to go to LinuxFest

Posted on August 19, 2010 by What Will We Use Editor

Typical technical conferences cost thousands of dollars to attend, entailing talks only for wizards, tutorials for computer pros, and trade shows full of products non-geeks would never buy. It is enough to make the most outgoing person feel out of … Continue reading →

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Operation Clean Sweep

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

Own a computer running Ubuntu? Well, pick up a broom and be a part of Operation Cleansweep. This project is for anyone who can install a patch and verify that the bug is fixed on their Ubuntu system. The goal … Continue reading →

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Open Letter from a Microsoft Share Holder

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

Dear Microsoft, I am a shareholder of your company. The world is still waiting for your Q4 FY2010 report so that we will know how much money you made as of June 30, 2010. We are all on Microsoft Chief … Continue reading →

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I am Fedora

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

My name is Beth Lynn Eicher and I am Fedora. Before Apple’s “I am a Mac and he’s a PC” ads, long before Microsoft’s “I am a PC and Windows 7 is my idea,” Red Hat Inc. had released a … Continue reading →

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Making free pay

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

This post is in response to http://opensource.com/business/10/5/show-me-money where Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst asks “Do you have new ideas of what next-generation business models might be?” Observe the picture on this post. On the left is a copy of “Free” … Continue reading →

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Microsoft lacks edge

Posted on May 20, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

Yesterday Microsoft decided to sue Salesforce, a web based customer relations management (CRM) system. Microsoft’s beef? They do not like how Salesforce displays menus in browsers. Now, I prefer SugarCRM, an open source product similar to Salesforce. Microsoft also has … Continue reading →

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Photo post: Microsoft mobile ads in Dallas airport

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Beth Lynn Eicher

Here in Dallas TEXAS airport, there are power stations at the gate like as pictured. Look closely at the phone adverised… Windows! All of this marketing only gives Microsoft 2% marketshare. How did I use the power station? To charge … Continue reading →

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