[Ubuntu-be] usb sticks met ubuntu preloaded --- the essential message

[Steven Leeman]

>
> In practice in an exhibition many people do not have an own USB stick at
> hand and there could be too many demands waiting for copies at the same
> time.
>

at the HCC events you will probably be able to buy a usb stick for cheap...
it takes <1 minute to "copy" it...
eg 5-8 euro for a 4gbyte stick is a "regular" price.... in comparison the
ubuntu price for such is >20 euro...


> In that case most people will have no problem buying a new pre-loaded
> key becoming their property and being reusable later.
> This at a moderate but realistic price and including something for the
> service of the preparation of the key.
>
> Excellent if a bvba propose to manage such a service.
> Moreover if 100 USB keys need to be ordered at once, I am willing to
> participate in the investment.
>

> A little story:  some years ago at the end of an open source conference
> in Germany a friend was selling a lot of of home-made CD at 5 €uros !
>

Germans tend to start very professional...he probably bought a whole
duplication unit, special paper & boxes & special color laser printer,
special cd's for thermal printing... calculated the time spend... and then
the total sum was probably 5 euro... that's when you go for "professional"
on your own...

if you ask a 3rd party to create the cd/usb you dont' have to invest in the
"production" material... only in the item itself...and only a small part
will be in the shipping, preparation and time spend... as it's spread on
lot's of different projects/orders not just this single endeavour...


 ( 2 ) HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY ISSUES:

> ------------------------------------
> As it is today, buying equipment is a lottery !
> I have several incompatible equipments in my garage and not enough time
> nor experience to try to seek exotic drivers.
> All vendors I could ask, do not want to say anything about Ubuntu and do
> not even accept a test with an Ubuntu stick.
>
> I see a critical need for shops where the proposed hardware have been
> tested about Ubuntu compatibility.
> This at normal market price, the added value being here to avoid the
> risk to have to throw away unusable equipments.
>
>
>
on most HCC events there is a "testing bank" where you can test your just
bought equipment if that 4gb stick isn't really a 1gb stick for instance...
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