Selling Ubuntu:
Even though people don't have to pay for Ubuntu, you still have to sell it. I decided to start this tread after receiving an interesting phone call, from someone that found one of our web pages:
Our caller had just downloaded and installed Ubuntu, but was having trouble "getting Java to work". I tried to tell them about "synaptic and apt-get" and they still where confused. I may of been easier if the call wasn't on a bad cell connection and I had a system in front of me, but I at least had a book and I wasn't in the car.
As a result of this car we added a link to a good ubuntu how to page that we found, since it is going to take some time to develop our own. I addition we realized that regular people they use want the computer to work for them, and they are willing to accept a little hassle to use open source software [such as Ubuntu].
The bottom line here is lets just talk about how to sell Ubuntu in plain American English to people that don't even know that open source software [like ubuntu] exists. Let's start with translating "Linux for Human Beings" to "Software for Everyone", that's plain American English and we are here to help our friends over-sea's sell Ubuntu here.
Peace
Mike Feravolo
PS Here the how to page:
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~djm/ubuntu
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