[ubuntu-za] South African Ubuntu

[Mark Stockton]

Wouldn't the best of both worlds be to have a Freedom Toaster in Incredible
Connection stores?

Regards

Mark

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's
limits."
                -- Albert Einstein

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From: Vijay Makanjee <vijay at ergo.co.za>
To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:00:26 +0200
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] South African Ubuntu

> There are merits in both views.
> 
> Be good to have ubuntu and other linux distros at computer shops.
> Also
> good that you can get a delivery at 2.45am in the car park.
> 
> the model of open source is that it shakes the established OS 
> distribution model.
> However the delivery system from Ubuntu sucks. It just takes too 
> long to get the latest from shipit. and our SA bandwidth poses a 
> limitation on the downloads of all iterations of Ubuntu. Fosscds 
> work - and they are somewhat cheaper.
> 
> I guess for popularity Linux distros should be available via all 
> outlets, and downloadable and on PC and other magazines etc.
> 
> my 5c
> 
> Vijay Makanjee
> Ergo | P O Box 19801 | Tecoma 5214 | South Africa
> Ph +2782 6014353 | Fax: 0866563858
> vijay at ergo dot co dot za
> 
> Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote:
> > Hi Philip
> > 
> > philip at pinksoft.co.za wrote:
> >> Just chill on the technical side. I think the biggest problem that
> >> Ubuntu faces is logistics. I find in fact that the releases com too
> >> fast.  We need to get CDS on display for sale in Retail outlets. This
> >> haphazzard "I'll spot you in the carpark- get you a copy". Real software
> >> gets sold at Incredible Connection - Even Free software. At the vey
> >> least is shoudl be available overnight delivery at Postnet.
> > 
> > It's quite cool that you *can* get an Ubuntu disc at 2:45am in a parking
> > lot somewhere if you really need to. Revolutions become too boring when
> > they become *too* formalised :)
> > 
> > I do agree with you that it should be available via postnet overnight.
> > Getting printed CD's via shipit is nice, but often, by the time the
> > discs are printed it's 2 weeks old, and by the time it reaches SA, it's
> > a month old, and sometimes, when customs get involved, you're 3 months
> > away from the next release. I used to download all kinds of Linux CD's
> > and post them to people overnight. I'm getting an intern from December
> > onwards, I've been considering reviving it starting then. I think there
> > are others still doing it currently though.
> > 
> > -Jonathan
> >
> 
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