[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu - Wrong Direction?

[paul sutton]

On 02/12/11 12:01, Gareth France wrote:
> Canonical don't support individual retailers without partner agreements
> (not that they do much if you are a partner) and they don't support end
> users without support contracts.
>
>> they do sell some level of support
>> http://shop.canonical.com/**index.php?cPath=41<http://shop.canonical.com/index.php?cPath=41>
>> http://shop.canonical.com/**index.php?cPath=31<http://shop.canonical.com/index.php?cPath=31>
>>
>> and importantly they have set up a global structure of Local Community
>> teams, which this is one of. If you want to introduce Ubuntu to more than a
>> hundred desktops (preferably a couple of thousand) then professional
>> services team would be interested (give me a shout, I can put you in touch
>> with the right people). If you are selling computers and want to
>> pre-install Ubuntu then the OEM team might be interested if you are getting
>> them made in volumes of tens of thousands or more in the far East. For less
>> than that it is community based support through the LoCo team, and don't
>> depend on fast responses from Canonical for anything.
>>
>> Alan
>>
> Much as I expected to hear Alan, however I firstly feel that this is a bad
> move, would it hurt them to have a range of POS display materials? Would it
> hurt them if every small retailer in the country was displaying these? And
> secondly I still don't know where I stand legally with using the logo in my
> home grown leaflets cards and banners? Unless they tell me how can I
> conduct business with any level of confidence?
>
Agreed, we need a common look and feel to all materials,

I don't mind paying for em in the store either say a reasonable amount
for 50 or 100 flyers, 

Paul

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