> > In practice in an exhibition many people do not have an own USB stick at > hand and there could be too many demands waiting for copies at the same > time. >
at the HCC events you will probably be able to buy a usb stick for cheap... it takes <1 minute to "copy" it... eg 5-8 euro for a 4gbyte stick is a "regular" price.... in comparison the ubuntu price for such is >20 euro... > In that case most people will have no problem buying a new pre-loaded > key becoming their property and being reusable later. > This at a moderate but realistic price and including something for the > service of the preparation of the key. > > Excellent if a bvba propose to manage such a service. > Moreover if 100 USB keys need to be ordered at once, I am willing to > participate in the investment. > > A little story: some years ago at the end of an open source conference > in Germany a friend was selling a lot of of home-made CD at 5 €uros ! > Germans tend to start very professional...he probably bought a whole duplication unit, special paper & boxes & special color laser printer, special cd's for thermal printing... calculated the time spend... and then the total sum was probably 5 euro... that's when you go for "professional" on your own... if you ask a 3rd party to create the cd/usb you dont' have to invest in the "production" material... only in the item itself...and only a small part will be in the shipping, preparation and time spend... as it's spread on lot's of different projects/orders not just this single endeavour... ( 2 ) HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY ISSUES: > ------------------------------------ > As it is today, buying equipment is a lottery ! > I have several incompatible equipments in my garage and not enough time > nor experience to try to seek exotic drivers. > All vendors I could ask, do not want to say anything about Ubuntu and do > not even accept a test with an Ubuntu stick. > > I see a critical need for shops where the proposed hardware have been > tested about Ubuntu compatibility. > This at normal market price, the added value being here to avoid the > risk to have to throw away unusable equipments. > > > on most HCC events there is a "testing bank" where you can test your just bought equipment if that 4gb stick isn't really a 1gb stick for instance...
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