Hi, See my comments below
On 11/9/05, MF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > It's interesting another thread on FACIL's mailing list > (www.facil.qc.ca) made me discover the MSDNAA program, an initiative > to bring free MS licenses to students accross NorthAmerica - I see > this model easily replicated around the world to make sure every > single student and teacher has access to legal licenses of MS > products. It started this August and now most all colleges and > universities are in it. > MS is also targeting high-schools. MS wants to make sure that from a very young age students get trapped using Microsoft products. In this way, when they have the power to buy new products, they will certainly choose Microsoft software. > > I'd say we could / should focus some efforts there. There's contact > information for ALL the individuals responsible for the program on > each campus. What's the best way to go about this ? > I believe we have to organize an Ubuntu advocacy team (or maybe join a Linux advocacy team) to prepare and distribute promotional material to let students (in particular those in Elementary and High School) know that there are alternatives to Microsoft products. If you get them when they are young, you would have customers (I should say supporters) for life. This is the strategy of McDonalds and this is what Microsoft is trying to do. By the way, my 3-year old son likes to play with the games that come with the Ubuntu distribution I installed in my laptop. If we organize this team, I would certainly volunteer in it. Cheers, Lino -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
