Hi guys,
You have a number of valid points in the discussion here, but I would
beg to differ from you on a couple of things.
The aim of giving free cds is to make it easier for people to start
using Ubuntu. The aim of giving free cds is not that more than 5-10%
should use is after the first time (I'm not sure how you got that
figure), but that when somebody gets a free cd, they tell others about
it, who tell others.
So basically the idea is to have as many copies floating around as
possible, so that people find it when they need one. I found my copy
from a friend who never ever installed it.
Now coming on to not wasting other people's money, that is quite a good
point. So what are the alternatives?
One would be to buy cds yourself, write them and distribute it.
One would be to find the hardware vendor, where people in the college
buy most of the pc's from, and ask him to sponsor it. And how. You ask
him to pay only for CDs, say 500. Then you find a cd writer, and write
all those yourself, and when you distribute the cds, you put it the
sponsor details too. I know it works.
The end user has to get a free CD. Someone who hasn't converted to
Ubuntu doesn't give a sh** who paid for it. If you're going to make them
do it like you are suggesting, the conversion rate would be even less
than the what you have observed.
When you're trying to convert people, you need to think of *marketing*
not *saving money*.
Regards,
Sudhanshu
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