Missed evangelism opportunities was Re: Not Happy with ShipIt

[Charles Yao]

ShipIt is a process by which Ubuntu is being promoted. And as a
process it can be improved. Of course the cd's are free, of course we
can as for as many as we want, but please realize that there are many
places in the world which is not as blessed as the US and Europe where
shipping is easy and there are a lot of broadband lines. If we can
improve shipit so that deliveries are prompt it would be easier to
promote it.

On 8/3/05, Frank Hale <frankhale1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I think the ShipIt system needs to be improved where the people who have
> > ordered prior to the date of the unstable Ubuntu becoming stable receive
> > their orders promptly.
> 
> I disagree. We are talking about a very nice free gift with no
> obligation on your part other than to fill in your address and how
> many cd's you want. To demand prompt service is a slap in the face. If
> they put in place a method to purchase the cd's then I'd almost
> certainly expect some type of prompt service. I don't think we can
> demand prompt service from a totally free method of receiving Ubuntu
> cd's. It just makes no valid sense. We should be happy that we can
> receive as many *free* cd's as we like, whether that takes 2 or 3
> months to receive is beside the point, It's totally free of charge!
> 
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