Newsforge article: "Catching up with recipients of free Linux CDs"

Daniel Robitaille wrote:

> http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/11/07/1646250.shtml?tid=2
> 
> In that article on the Newsforge, someone who gave away  8 sets of
> Hoary CDs tries to track down the recipients 2 months later to see if
> they actually tried to use Linux in that period.
> 
> The conclusion:  "So my record, as it stands today, is two out of
> five, with a couple of maybes"

40% is a pretty good conversion rate.  Of course, actually getting a random
selection is tough, and he admits his group were more likely to be open to
Linux than the general population.  I particularly liked his justification
of recommending Gnome over KDE.  Not "Gnome is better", but "Gnome is what
I use, so it'll be easier to help you with it".
-- 
derek