Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ulysses.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gsp From: gsp@ulysses.UUCP (Gary Perlman) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Marketing Unix Message-ID: <941@ulysses.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Aug-84 13:17:37 EDT Article-I.D.: ulysses.941 Posted: Fri Aug 3 13:17:37 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Aug-84 03:17:03 EDT References: <442@ames.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 16 Paper. Sigh. Paper was invented before interactive systems were developed. Paper was invented before graphics sstems were developed. And so on. I have found paper to be an impovershed medium for explaining systems. I suggest you try video. Nothing fancy. Just get a VCR and a camera and stick it in front of your terminal and go. Talk about the file system and do a few cd's and ls's. Show how to put a process in the background and show how you can go on to other tasks. I can't overstate the difference between seeing a demo and reading about capabilities. There is no comparison. If you do not have a video system, they are not too expensive. The cheapest recorder with 0 options, a B&W monitor, and an outdated camera will probably do fine. I am sorry to have to say that $1500 is the least you can get away with--this make video out of the range of many sites--but somethng expensive that works is better than something cheap that does not.