Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Dell Refuses to Sell Ubuntu to Business!!
Hello Everyone: I have not tried to buy a computer with Ubuntu installed on it from Dell, but this type of thing doesn't surprise me at all. Here is the opening paragraph taken from the Dell Web Site: "You asked, we listened. For advanced users and tech enthusiasts, we’re happy to offer a new open-source operating system, so you can dive in and truly enjoy a PC experience just the way you want it. In addition to the FreeDOS systems we already offer, we are proud to announce PCs with Ubuntu." Which is followed by a link to "Shop Dell PC's with Windows". After that they ask you "Already an Open Source fan ?". This is all a fine of example of the biggest problem with marketing any Linux / Open Source Computing Solution. Before anyone with out a degree in Computer Science, even understands what you are talking about. Let's go ahead and scare them away from Open Source, by telling them every possible thing that can go wrong with it. Of course, they are selling them and it's a good thing that someone like Dell is behind Open Source. Maybe some of the big box electronics retailers will follow and place a few Ubuntu systems out on a sales floor where everyone can see, hear and touch them. Then they will sell to everyone, not just people that are: "Already an Open Source fan". --> Shop for Ubuntu, Mike -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
[ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu on Second Life
Hi, I am not very active on this list, but active in other ways.. We run a business for selling Ubuntu laptops and desktops (http://www.mingos.nl) We also run a website for open content courses and tutorials at http://www.open-of-course.org. Actually for fun and out of curiousity, I rented a piece of land and started building on second life. Now we have a pyramid for promoting our business but also other stuff related to open source, open content, creative commons and so on. I also started a group for Ubuntu on second life because there was not one yet and now we have over 200 members What I like about Second Life is that it makes it easy and fun for people to cooperate; many people have started help me building and now we also started an initiative for realizing an open island where all kind of "open projects" could present itselve, we could have meetings and so on. We are also in contact with related groups like the open source group and the binary freedom group on SL who are also interested in moving to an open island and form a cluster of open source related things. I don't know if people here are interested in Second Life but if you are, please visit us at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Istaria%20Prime/82/247/21 (Ubuntu Linux Pyramid) http://slurl.com/secondlife/Istaria%20Prime/82/247/21 (Free and Open Island) Catharina begin:vcard fn:Catharina Bethlehem n:Bethlehem;Catharina tel;work:084-0030924 url:http://www.freelancenetwerk.nl version:2.1 end:vcard -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
