[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu in Retail

[Onkar Shinde]

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Narendra Sisodiya
<narendra at narendrasisodiya.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Prakash Advani <prakash at ubuntu.com> wrote:
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>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> As a follow up to our Ubuntu in Retail, I have been asked by a store in
>> Nehru Place, Delhi if we can showcase Ubuntu.
>>
>> Here is my thoughts, let me know what you guys think.
>>
>> Have 1-2 community members at the store to demo Ubuntu.
>> Have them wear Ubuntu T-Shirts so people perceive it to be professional.
>> Offer basic installation for free and charge for additional services. This
>> should compare with other services in Nehru Place, where I believe you can
>> go to a store and they will fill your hard drive with all windows software
>> :)
>> If the customer wants training then this can be offered at their home at a
>> fee.
>>
>> I am thinking we should offer similar services to what people are used to
>> in the Windows world, I know this may not sound very comforting for some of
>> us, but thats what people are used to ;-)
>
> Ubuntu cannot get success (in India) without the project like DebBundle

Ubuntu seems to be one of the most popular linux distros in India.
It's funny how Ubuntu didn't need DebBundle to gain that popularity.


Onkar
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