<html><body>I heard that Wal-Mart is going to sell Dells.<br>I'm no fan of that evil empire (Wally-World) but they could potentially move a lot of product and Dell now supports Ubuntu.<br><br>- Mike Scott<br>
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Subject: [LUNI] linuxdays ?<br>
From: Mark Stuart Burge <mark@msbrepairs.com><br>
Date: Wed, July 11, 2007 2:59 pm<br>
To: Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion<br>
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<pre>Hey guys and gals,<br><br>Just to throw an idea out there and see what you all think...<br><br>I sometimes have people ask me what laptop or desktop pc to buy that <br>would work great with linux.<br>As you are all probably aware, that is not such an easy question to <br>answer without a lot of research.<br><br>Soooo<br><br>I got to thinking how cool it might be to try and convince the likes of <br>bestbuy, microcenter and other laptop stockists to hold a sort of <br>'linuxdays' event now and then.<br><br>This would ..<br><br>Allow the general public to see what linux is like.<br><br>Give sales staff some knowledge of which computers can handle linux .<br><br>Provide a basis for promoting additional sales of hardware, for example, <br>having a complete multimedia setup in store.<br><br><br><br>I could imagine going into bestbuy on a saturday morning and dual <br>booting a bunch of display models with ubuntu.<br><br>With some of the nice shiny new hardware out there and putting beryl up <br>against vista in a showdown, we could create a lot of interest and at <br>the same time get to find out the answer to the question at the top of <br>this email.<br><br>As far as the store owners are concerned, well, they end up with a bunch <br>of display models that now have a bonus o/s added to them for an 'extra' <br>sales factor.<br>They get some publicity.<br>Their staff gain knowledge.<br><br><br><br>Any comments, further ideas, criticisms ?<br><br><br><br><br>-- <br>Linux Users Of Northern Illinois - Technical Discussion <br><a href="http://luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni" target="_blank" mce_href="http://luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni">http://luni.org/mailman/listinfo/luni</a>
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