[CS-FSLUG] Just got hit with a cluestick

[Tim Young]

(grin)
Norbert's business model is not really geared towards helping you directly.  As a
business he could choose to donate extra hardware or perhaps some funds if he had an
excess that month, but helping you directly is not the focus of his business.

But the LightSys business model (which is distinctly a ministry) is set up to do so.
LightSys does try to help non-profits involved in great Commission work with their
technology.  We do not have as many ways to get hardware, however...  But we do have
a few places you could contact.  Where are you located?  What little information I
could glean from the web seems to say that you all are basically based in Thailand.

    - Tim Young

ainion wrote:

> About thirdworld countries receiving hardware. Romprakun Baptist Bible
> Institute will be very happy to receive some so that I cound implement a
> Linux terminal system. We got ancient 486's currently running WIN95.
> Very slow, even with the antivirus removed.
>
> I have been providing support for Thai national churches and
> missionaries. What we really need here is to rent a place, provide
> training and seminars, for Thai pastors and for our missionaries, too.
> Of course, there will be equipment requirements.
>
> Our God in Heaven is rich but somehow we are missing something along the
> way and are not cashing in yet. Will appreciate prayers very much so
> that we will know what needs to be done.
>
> How will the mentioned "business model" fit in a situation like the above?
>
> Art
>
> Tim Young wrote:
> > Norbert,
> > Ok, I had a few more questions for you then.  :)
>
> >
> > Anyway, the quick way I describe it is as a free replacement for what people do
> > with Microsoft Access, without the limitations.  It has the potential to
> > revolutionize the way small business work.  But missions really are not
> > interested in keeping it up.  The hope is that some other people will take the
> > project and run with it, leaving missions to focus on the applications they
> > write in Centrallix.  (The neat thing about this particular project is that
> > many of the developers of it are non missionaries, and so if someone did start
> > a business around it, there would probably be 3 or 4 developers willing to jump
> > on board immediately.)  Centrallix is about 98% of the way to the first
> > development release.  It has one organization that is currently using it
> > in-house.
> >
> > I am not expecting you to jump at Centrallix.  Rather I am throwing it out as a
> > real opportunity that will probably get a response that will help me understand
> > more about your thoughts as to what your Free Software business will entail.
> > But, of course, if you wanted to run off with Centrallix I am sure we would be
> > happy!
> >
> >     - Tim Young
> >
>
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