<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.28.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> O n Tue, 2011-06-21 at 14:25 +0100, suprengr wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <TT>Two identical laptops running side by side. One running MS only</TT> <TT>software, the other running Ubuntu and equivalent software.</TT> <TT>Stuck [prominently] to each laptop is a "price tag" ;)</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE> Bill yes that's a neat way to show cost factors - of course being volunteers we don't usually have identical laptops but we should have similar enough ones to incorporate that - we have labels for those who want to know spec and software details but blatent 'price tags' are a good idea - perhaps we could have a dedicated education space this year and incorporate that idea into information we put up showing how much you can potentially save. >From experience I know parents tend to buy new laptops for kids for the new school term and are then horrified to learn that they have to pay again for MS office packages - at previous events we've had a lot of uptake by offering a disc with FOSS programs that run under windows and then talking to visitors about Linux and offering them Ubuntu discs Sarah </BODY> </HTML>