Comment 537 for bug 1

I did a similar action last week: walked in a shop and started asking if
they sold alternativesfor Windows - response negative. Then (after
explaining I was not talking to them on the 'customer-side') talked with
them about how they can offer customers a free solution, with free support
via the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList, possibly by (in Belgium) a map
with location of persons who are willing to give demo or assist on
installation (http://map.ubuntu-be.org/index.php), this to show the
shop-owner that it does not end after providing the customer with a free OS
on their PC: this also makes their PC's cheaper to sell with same profit, so
there's something in it for the shop owners as well as for the end-customers

--> makes sense?
--> I was wondering if it is possible that we can provide shop owners with
displays about Ubuntu to place in their store, posters to place on their
windows, ... ? Via Canonical? ...

On 02/12/2007, treetaxi <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> One way to work on this is to increase visibility. My favorite tactic
> is to visit a store that sells peripherals and ask "what operating
> system does this work with?" -- When they say "PC" , I try to find some
> colorful and creative way to inform them that "PC" is NOT synonymous
> with microsoft.
>
> --
> Microsoft has a majority market share
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1
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> of the bug.
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