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

[Prakash Advani]

Parthan SR wrote:
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> Prakash Advani wrote:
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>> Prateek,
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>> I work for Canonical India and l can organise CDs for you for sure, cant
>> promise more but will try. Send me a personal email of how many you need.
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> Congratz Prakash (Jace just confirmed me the news ;) ).Hope Canonical
> India will be able to support the Loco Team in future. :)
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I am really excited. We are always open to hear what we need to do.

HCL just launched a Rs. 13,990 laptop, available at Croma.. it runs 
Edubuntu :)
> IMHO, distributing Live CDs to students just as Free CDs doesn't solve
> any purpose at all. We have been distributing CDs since breezy days, but
> not even 5-10% of them actually use those CDs after the first time. This
> made us actually stop distributing CDs. Rather when we go to colleges,
> We give them a few, ask them to save the image in a PC with CD burner
> and allow the students to burn CDs from the image, if they are
> interested to try out.
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I agree, if the student put some effort in it, then they will try it 
out.. otherwise its a tea coaster ;-)


> When you distribute something free, everybody wants to get one for them
> without even bothering whether it will be actually useful for them. So,
> my advice would be to go for the Toaster, because they have to buy a CD
> and burn it up. They will do only if they are really interested in
> getting a CD, else won't mind. Thus we do not actually waste Canonical's
> money on shipping CDs which are distributed to people who have no real
> interest in making use of them. Canonical has to spend around 80 Euros
> to send you the CDs, if am not wrong in remembering the cost of sending
> us the CDs for foss.in. The money can be otherwise used for useful
> causes. Even if you get it free, some one else is paying for it. As a
> responsible Ubunteros, we have to make the best use of facilities
> available to us, especially when it involves some one else's money.
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> With Regards,
> Parthan aka Technofreak
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