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[Bryan Quigley]

Perhaps we could offer a simple free Ubuntu testing service.  Boot Gobuntu.
If everything works give it a 10/10. If it needs binary drivers for
non-critical things a 9, etc.  It would help (alot) to be official though.

On 8/27/07, Don Smith <dcsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Computer dealers. For example, there's a small one in Highland park, and
> another one or two off of route one. The pitch would simply be to show
> them ubuntu in all of it's glory, and work with the dealer to the point
> where they feel comfortable offering the consumer a choice and a price
> discount. Most of these guys are not chains, and either offer custom
> built, or recycled machines. Avoiding the license fee, or giving them
> the ability to make the machine look more appealing (in the case of a
> recycled machine) might be something they would be interested in.
> On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 14:00 -0400, Bryan Quigley wrote:
> > Dealers of what?
> >
> > On 8/27/07, Don Smith <dcsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
> >         Has anyone tried the local small dealers? I know there are
> >         several in
> >         the New Brunswick area.
> >         On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 11:46 -0400, Bryan Quigley wrote:
> >         >
> >         >         With specific goals I was thinking of helping of
> >         non-profit
> >         >         organizations to make a transition from Windows to
> >         Ubuntu for
> >         >         the
> >         >         desktop and/or the servers.
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > I've been trying to get (or at least gauge the interest of)
> >         local
> >         > school districts interested in Ubuntu.
> >         > So far nothing remotely concrete has come from my
> >         efforts.  I also
> >         > tried to get the CH library to go.
> >         >
> >         > If you know of any specific non-profits that we could help,
> >         I'm pretty
> >         > sure we are up for it.
> >         > Significantly better if they want make the change.
> >         >
> >         > -Bryan
> >
> >
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