I totally agree with you Rob, I've worked in a computer store two years ago, truly not informed of free software, but I think if we had direct contact with sellers, this would work.
Thanks Sent from my Ipad 2012/12/11 Rob Weir <[email protected]> > For those portions of the world that celebrate Christmas, in the next > three weeks we're coming into a major gift-giving season. I recently > bought a new PC as a gift for a family member. Anyone buying a new PC > faces several questions: how much RAM, how big a hard drive, but > also: what version of Microsoft Office to bundle? Home and School? > Professional? Small Business? The PC vendors get a sweet deal from > Microsoft to push Office. Although you can opt out and save $200 or > so, the PC vendors never seem to offer or even explain that there are > free alternatives. > > This is a hard nut to crack. As a free product, we're in many cases > better for the consumer. But we can't offer the same kind of kick > back / revenue sharing with the PC vendor that a commercial product > can do. 10% of zero is still zero. > > But maybe we can have a promotion directly to the consumer, raising > their awareness of free alternatives? >
