[ubuntu-in] College tech-fest help..

[Sudhanshu Raheja]

Hi guys,

You have a number of valid points in the discussion here, but I would 
beg to differ from you on a couple of things.

The aim of giving free cds is to make it easier for people to start 
using Ubuntu. The aim of giving free cds is not that more than 5-10% 
should use is after the first time (I'm not sure how you got that 
figure), but that when somebody gets a free cd, they tell others about 
it, who tell others.

So basically the idea is to have as many copies floating around as 
possible, so that people find it when they need one. I found my copy 
from a friend who never ever installed it.

Now coming on to not wasting other people's money, that is quite a good 
point. So what are the alternatives?

One would be to buy cds yourself, write them and distribute it.

One would be to find the hardware vendor, where people in the college 
buy most of the pc's from, and ask him to sponsor it. And how. You ask 
him to pay only for CDs, say 500. Then you find a cd writer, and write 
all those yourself, and when you distribute the cds, you put it the 
sponsor details too. I know it works.

The end user has to get a free CD. Someone who hasn't converted to 
Ubuntu doesn't give a sh** who paid for it. If you're going to make them 
do it like you are suggesting, the conversion rate would be even less 
than the what you have observed.

When you're trying to convert people, you need to think of *marketing* 
not *saving money*.

Regards,
Sudhanshu
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