[ubuntu-us-in] Consulting franchise idea

[Carol Rutz]

Ya know...this sounds like a neat plan.  Just yesterday at my friends'
house, I brought the Live CD of 7.04 to show off what I've been using.  The
husband was disgusted with Windows with the crashing and was thinking of
getting a Mac.  He had a Gateway laptop.  So, I loaded up the CD and and
demonstrated how Ubuntu works and the Open Office suite.  He was pleased at
the user-friendliness and the aesthetics. I gave him the CD and he asked how
much.

I said: "Free."

"Free?"

"That's what it said in the back."

"C'mon...you know that there is no such thing as a free lunch."

"I know...Ubuntu is a cooperative project--" and then I told him a bit of
FLOSS and Linux history.  The best payment is to try it and if he likes it,
he can promote it.  He understood better.

And now, he's taking Ubuntu for his test spin.  Imagine people like him
throughout Indiana, wanting a better system and a better way of "paying"
(via promotion, donation, and contribution).

Carol Rutz
www.carolrutz.com

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I'll take my time and send you my slow reply.
Give me an inch and I'll make the best of it.
Take all you want and leave all the rest to die.

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