Michel Daggelinckx wrote:
I've been to FOSDEM this weekend and noticed the small number of CentOS people at the booth.
Well, we weren't as much as Fedora had, but much more than OpenSuSE seemed to have :)
The Ubuntu people work with Local Community Teams to support and promote the distro.
I think it would be beneficial for CentOS to setup a similar structure.
Are there people who want to do that?
At the moment it's mostly sysadmins who introduce/sneak CentOS into businesses. Local Community Teams can setup a booth at computer fairs and other events. This way the general public (small businesses, non-profit organisations, schools, ....) are exposed to CentOS.
Again: Are there people who want to do that? I asked a few weeks ago about a computer fair in eastern germany and there weren't that many answers (well, to be exact there wasn't any).
If there are people willing to "man" those local groups, I don't see any problem CentOS should or will have with that.
Do you have a proposal how local groups like that could be worked out? How large/small areas those groups should cover? What needs to be done from the CentOS team to support those groups? Which infrastructure is needed?
Cheers,
Ralph