On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 3:39 AM, Dylan McCall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Working for a short while in computer retail, I am growing more and more > crazy from how the concept of free software is essentially taboo in that > environment. While the reason why a computer retailer can not survive > with free software could be "explained" all people want, the essence of
Talking of retailers, recently the big names from other countries have opened shop in many a city in India and on a casual visit I saw some machines on sale display sans any OS (had Free Dos actually). I asked for a demo and (as I expected) he could not provide one so that was my chance to ask him if he would load a GPL based OS if I provided him the CD. He agreed and I came back with Ubuntu (of course :-)), gave him an primer on what Gnu/Linux, Ubuntu, GPL, etc... was all about, and asked him to sell it (and 2 other machines) with Ubuntu installed. Then, I got in touch with the branch manager and left some extra CD's so he could give it to the other branches for installation. There would be other customers who may come in to buy a machine and would be curious when they see Ubuntu installed and are shown a practical demo which I think is important to get folks hooked on to a Gnu/Linux on the desktop. Rather than just advocacy/spreading the word, a practical touch-N-feel to see-it-work helps a lot more :-) Vid || http://www.svaksha.com || -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
