[Typo3-dev] TYPO3 on a Knoppix CD?

[Martin Adler]

Kasper Skårhøj wrote:
> Hi Folks.
> 
> I just went to a tradefair in London where we came up with the idea to
> hand out TYPO3 on CDs to people (assuming you are having a stand
> promoting TYPO3). This is what the others can hardly do! 
> 
> Imagine this; someone comes up to you and asks about what this TYPO3
> thing is. You take a CD from your pocket and inserts in the nearest
> laptop and turn it on. You offer him coffee while the laptop is booting
> Knoppix. Mozilla Firefox is automatically started when KDE comes up.
> Also Apache, PHP, MySQL etc. is already running and a blank TYPO3
> website + database was automatically unpacked to a directory on the RAM
> disk (from where MySQL, Mozilla etc. also runs of course to gain speed).
> Mozillas startpage kindly introduces you to this TYPO3 test-environment
> and you click a link to login in the backend.
> 
> Now you demonstrate how TYPO3 works on this live demonstration for the
> guy who is interested! Of course the test-site set up is beautifully
> designed and features all the interesting things of TYPO3 out of the box
> for him to see.
> When you are finished you simply shut down the laptop, take out the CD
> and give it to him. He can now walk home with the demonstration you gave
> him so he can play with it himself or give it to one of the technically
> minded people in his company. 
> 
> Of course you gave him your card since you want to sell him the
> implementation services. And maybe - depending on how complex that will
> be - the Knoppix installation could even be customized so the start page
> in Mozilla was easy to tailor make with your own company logo presenting
> the CD contents, your services, why people will need guys like you even
> though the software is free etc.
> 
> What about it? Doesn't it sound like a great tool every one could really
> benefit from? If I just knew how to do this I would love it as an
> evening fun-project. But I don't. We need someone who knows how to
> customize Knoppix for this and someone who can create the testsite
> including the presentation framework around it.
> 
> - kasper

Excellent idea!

Martin
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