🚀 go-pugleaf

I am writing this because it is about time that we as Linux users made a

stand for our right to equal computing.  One of the reasons I switched
to Linux was after reading a remark from a Microsoft spokesperson that
said any small business competing with Microsoft had better plan on
going out of business or selling out to them.  This was a real remark,
not some fictitious accusation. I am a small businessman, but while most

people see that as a threat, I see it as a challenge.  And as I look
through the various new articles on the Microsoft trial, I see things
like computer manufacturers saying that they can't sell me a Linux
computer because they have a contract with Microsoft.  Ya know, call me
crazy, but I thought that companies were supposed to serve the
consumers.  I guess somebody forgot to tell Packard Bell and the rest of

the companies who are too cowardly to stand up to Bill Gates.

But I am not to cowardly to stand up to Bill Gates.  He might be the
master of the dollar, but I am the master of the mind game.  And the
harder he fights to rob Small Businesses, the American People, and the
Peoples of the rest of the world of thier right to choose, the harder
I'm going to fight to give that right back to them.  With your help I
plan to start a revolution, the likes of which not even Bill Gates 60
some billion dollars can destroy!  Onto the software community I plan to

release the wrath of the GNU generation, and instead of cowering before
those who seek to destroy me,  I will seek to destroy them.  Now, I'm
not targeting Microsoft, If they leave me alone and let me advertise
Linux the way I plan to, then I'll leave them alone, but I am saying
that I am not afraid to return fire and I cannot be bribed.

Now is where you come in.  Don't stop reading now, I'm not going to ask
for money,  but it is no secret that marketing campaigns cost lots of
money.  More money than I small business such as myself can afford.  But

I have developed a plan.  In the Linux community there are many games
being developed as internet projects.  So I put together a little group
that I call the "Flock" to represent a flock of penguins.  I know it's
corny so just stop laughing and finish reading please. hehe.  Anyhow If
we as a community can coordinate the production of many games,  games
that we could sell, and use the money to advertise with. (not all the
money,  I can't expect anyone to work for free) Then we can kill two
birds with one stone.  First we can fill the great need Linux has for
commercial games, both by creating our own and by showing other software

companies that there is money to be made in Linux.  Secondly, imagine an

ad in a computer game magazine.  A nice full page add with a great game
and the famous "cool it works with linux" logo.  But some of the ad
isn't advertising the commercial game,  it is advertising a freeware
game, a high quality Linux freeware game, not some crappy windows
freeware game.  This will show people that Linux has great commercial
apps, but also has equally as great freeware apps.  Now I know what you
are thinking.  The users are just going to say "I don't have Linux" and
that is going to be that, right?  Wrong.  because on every ad, we will
offer them the opportunity to receive the Linux CD for only the $2.99 of

shipping costs.  The screen shots from the games will prove that just
because it (Linux) is free doesn't mean it is crappy. (and just because
it costs $90 for the upgrade doesn't mean it's good)


On the web site I still have the payment method to be an equal
percentage of the profits to all developers, but realized that with 15
or so developers we would have to sell a whole lot of copies just to get

an ad in a good magazine.  So,  what I would like to do, if it is O.K.
with the community at large is give the company 50% for marketing and
divide the other 50% amongst developers.  This is still a fair deal I
think, and if we create the next Doom, you could get a pretty good chunk

of change.  The type of developers we will need are:  Designers,
Coordinators, Graphic and Sound Artists and of course Programmers.
Anybody can start a new project and ask for help with it.  And we will
market it and you will get paid and it will be cool:-)

For more info check out http://www.gdos.com and click on the Flock link
at the bottom, or go straight to http://www.gdos.com/flock.html I
sincerely hope that you will support me in this endeavor as I am trying
to help the Linux community and indeed the computing community as a
whole by once and for all taking control of computing away from the big
companies and giving it back to the people.  Many of you would consider,

have already, or are currently working on freeware projects anyhow, and
you might as well get paid a little something for your time.  Also any
projects that are already being worked on are welcome to become part of
the Flock's product line.  Just email me from the web page and tell me
about it.