[Fsfe-uk] Competition?

[Alex McLintock]

Hi folks,

I am engaged in the dirty task of publicising my company and its services. 
I consider myself
to be an OSS specialist which is why I am discussing this here.

One of the things I find gets a decent response is a simple "Email me the 
answer to this question"
competition. For incentive I usually give away a DVD or book... I get a lot 
of free review books
through http://news.DIverseBooks.com and at the moment I am thinking about 
using
"Red Hat Linux Internet Server by Paul G Sery, and Jay Beale, from Redhat 
Press"
as a competition prize.

(A reviewer looked over it and said....
a fine comprehensive book designed to take you by the hand and lead you around
the sometimes scary little back streets of Red Hat Linux Internet servers.
Beginning with the basic concepts, taking you through network 
configuration, and then huge chunks
of info concerning security. A very useful book. Not for the complete 
beginner, or the faint hearted.)

The sort of question I may ask will be something along the lines of:

Which of these is NOT a free operating system?

a) FreeBSD
b) Linux
c) Microsoft Windows


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So now comes the discussion points.....

Anyone want to help with publicising or running this? It could be turned 
into a fsfe-uk thing if you like.
(The only expense is the postage by the way)

Is the prize ok, or should I add more books to it?

Is the question ok? It isn't derogatory to Windows, but hopefully reminds 
people that it *isn't* free, just "bundled".

Any more suggestions?

Alex McLintock



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