What a laugh...lol...!

[Paul Schulz]

Hi James, and others..

What do you think people would pay for a basic support package?
 $50, $100?

The concerns raised by 'draicone' could be easily addressed by a
suitably trained helpdesk, talking people through some basic 'howto's
on using the GUI.

Support could be offered:
- though a helpline (via VoIP this could be anywhere)
- via local user groups (where the money could be used to train trainers).

Thoughts?

I know some training packages are already available (eg.
http://www.theingots.org/)
and there is also documentation on the Ubuntu website. I also know of people in
South Australia who are capable/accredited to give 'The Ingots'.

What do people think would be the best way to progress?

Cheers,
Paul






On 2/2/07, James Ringhof <jamesringhof at kooee.com.au> wrote:
> Three of us working in this shop are now running Ubuntu. "Today the
> staff...Tomorrow the customers."
>
> James.
>
> On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 21:57 +1100, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> > On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, James Ringhof <jamesringhof at kooee.com.au> wrote:
> > > I work for a major electrical company (name withheld,) and just had to
> > > laugh at the amount of people forking $455 out for M$ Vi$ta. Why? It's
> > > just a big fat lollipop. Tastes good for a while, but sooner or later
> > > your left holding the stick. So many people whinge about the cost of
> > > living, and then all of a sudden they waste hundreds of dollars on an
> > > operating system that does not really do the job.
> > >
> > > just wanted to share this with the linux community.
> >
> > Have you considered 'discreetly' placing Ubuntu CDs around the shop for all to
> > take? :)
> >
> >
> >
>
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