<br>Thanx to Bill 'kendrick', I might have found how to write emails to a mailing list of linux users..<br><br>I hope it will work though..<br>It seems to be the same process here than for the BALUG mailing list, where I didn't get any answer.<br>
<br>anyway.<br><br>Here is the first mail I sent, followed by sentences about Linux I wrote in an essay. I'd like to know what you think of those..<br>The essay is about the principle of open sources as applied to the education system.<br>
It's not scientific.. it's for an eng.1A class....<br><br><br>#1 - the first mail I sent<br><br><font size="2">"</font><font size="2"><span>welcome to me & few other questions.."<br>
<br></span></font>Hi there,<br><br>I just arrived in the bay area and I'm going to stay
for a while. I come from belgium where I was organizing the linux
weekly meeting in brussels last year. I don't know much about
programming in linux though. But I guess I found you, gigs, again.<br>
<br>I'd like to start with few questions about the way it works over here:<br><br>- what is this mailling list all about?<br>- is it the right place for the kind of message I'm writing right now?<br>- Do I reach most of the community of the bay area through this mailling list or should I suscribe to few others?<br>
<br>Then, since I came as light as I could, one of the first thing I
need to do is to buy a laptop - to take notes in class and use
extensively internet and skype, mainly.<br>I'd like it small, light,
cheap (rather with hardware driver though), and with ubuntu (yes, I
don't want to spend my days with debian..) and windows xp (pirat).<br>
<br>- do you know the best places around to find that kind of thing?
Maybe on internet. Maybe a place where they sell hardware without
operating system.. Or a good way to get used pc, but in shape.<br>- do you know where I could meet you guys - e.g. to get this windows xp, and other issues that will come with this new machine.<br>
<br>Thank you for all these inforamtion.<br>& see you soon!<br><br>baptiste<br><br><br><br>#2<br>Parts of my essay:<br><br><< * Linux, as an
operating system, provides a more customizable environment for
knowledgeable users, by opposition to <i>Apple's Mac OS</i> and
<i>Microsoft Windows</i><span style="font-style: normal;">. Even
though it isn't as </span><span style="font-style: normal;">famous</span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">,
it is widely used for organizations that need secured and specific
</span></span><span style="font-style: normal;">settings</span><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
of computer networks.>><br><br>- this is a footnote in my text. The aim is to connect it to something the reader might know.<br><br><br></span></span><font size="1"><i></i></font><br><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">+ </span></span><font size="1"><i>can
I say: </i></font><font size="1"><i>Google</i></font><font size="1"><i>
increases its power by <u>opening its sources</u>??<br></i></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Is it right to say </span></span><font size="1"><i><u>opening their sources</u> here?<br>
</i></font><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br>or is it right to say : </span></span> "Open
source systems"<br><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br><br>Thank you so much!<br><br><br>baptiste<br></span></span>