Hi Fouad, You are probably aware of the free Ubuntu Desktop course material which is available under the CC-by-NC-SA license. This is a great course for anyone who wants to get started with Ubuntu. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Training
Best regards Billy Cina Fouad Bajwa wrote: > Hey Billy, > > Thanks for forwarding the information. In the past three years since > 20 > 05, the LoCo Team in Pakistan has trained over 8500 people out which > 4800 are endorsed by Public Sector training and software industry > promotion organizations. The training material has been usually > collected from the Internet and occasionally structured with mutual > consultations. > > The cost of these trainings for the end-users have always been free. > No charges even for the institutions offering recognition or > endorsements since its usually welfare and public service and that has > been the greatest edge in promoting Ubuntu here. > > Recently banks, NGOs, schools and academic institutions have picked up > Ubuntu at a fast pace and there are over 3000 specific commercial > users I know about and I did case studies on some of the institutions > that have deployed Ubuntu in over 20+ branches from server to client > side. > > In Pakistan, Ubuntu has become a well known name in the industry. Are > there any models where people could afford Ubuntu education in > developing world countries and as for Pakistan a training complete > with material and instruction is delivered at US$ 5.00 per learner. > > We have physically distributed over 20,000 CDs locally produced and > packaged over these years and now as the Internet becomes more speedy, > people have quite an interest towards downloading the ISOs. > > Maybe the US option is not usable in our region. > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Billy Cina <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear U.S. Loco leads, >> >> This email is being sent to you in the hope that you will forward and >> spread the word to all Ubuntu loco members in your team. >> >> Canonical has recently signed up two new training partners in the U.S. - >> Fast Lane and Bridge Education. Both companies are already providing >> Ubuntu training courses across the U.S., details of which you can find >> here: http://webapps.ubuntu.com/course_locator/country_US/ >> >> As a special introduction offer and simply because they think we, well >> you, are wonderful individuals, they are offering a 10% discount to any >> Ubuntu loco member who takes a course over the next 6 months. >> >> If you have any questions, feel free to contact them directly (details >> on the web site too), or you can also contact me :) >> >> Enjoy! >> >> -- >> Billy Cina >> Training Programmes Manager >> Mob: +44 780 938 9862 >> [email protected] >> www.ubuntu.com >> >> >> >> -- >> loco-contacts mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts >> >> > > > > -- Billy Cina Training Programmes Manager Mob: +44 780 938 9862 [email protected] www.ubuntu.com
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