Universities and MSDNAA

[Fabian Rodriguez]

Excellent initiative, Justin. I was going to suggest putting Ubuntu 
Canada's url on that board too but I am not sure of the implications, 
particularly if you don't have permission, etc... This may as well stay  
a "guerilla-marketing" -type approach.

A bit more than a year ago I wrote about the MSDNAA to the marketing list:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-marketing/2005-November/000147.html

a few comments mentioned in the discussion about why it was hard to 
promote other alternatives:

  + the administration of the university where I was didn't care, since it was good deal for them.
  + it was hard to convince student to try something else. This might be easier now, though.

In my opinion handing out those CDs need to be supported by a local free 
meeting to inform about the alternatives.


Justin Wong wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> A short while ago, with the launch of Vista, my university's MSDNAA 
> updated their software list to include Vista and a few other products.
>
> Although I didn't have much resources, I decided to do something about 
> it.
> http://stryderjzw.blogspot.com/2007/02/msdnaa-and-ubuntu.html
>
> Anyone else in university here? :)
>
> Justin