[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu in Retail

[Hardik Dalwadi]

On Sunday 05 June 2011 10:23 PM, Prakash Advani wrote:
> Those based in Delhi, if you happen to go to  Nehru Place, do check out
> the Asus Store.. they have Ubuntu Demo.

@ All,

Here is Ubuntu Certified ASUS Machines [1]

[1]
http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/search?form.search_text=ASUS&search=Search

> My colleague Hardik did the setup for them.
> 
> Any constructive feedback would be useful..
> 
> On 06/02/2011 09:59 PM, Narendra Sisodiya wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Prakash Advani <prakash at ubuntu.com
>> <mailto:prakash at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     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
> 
> 
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> Prakash Advani | http://cityblogger.com

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Hardik Dalwadi
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