Yeah I'm afraid I'm with tony on that one. Thanks for the offer but it would look a bit shifty. We only usually get a couple of emails a day max.
If anybody is genuinely interested and would actually buy one by all means email or phone, but I'd rather stick to proper 'offers' if you know what I mean. James On 26 May 2009, at 12:15, Tony Arnold <[email protected]> wrote: > Harry, > > Harry Rickards wrote: >> On 05/26/09 11:23, mac wrote: >>> James Milligan wrote: >>> <snip> >>>> I hope someone can think of 'solutions' for this - I know that >>>> he'd go >>>> for Ubuntu if he could, it's just that there isn't as much profit >>>> in >>>> it. Thanks for any help! >>> What are the name/address/phone/website for the shop? Those of us >>> who >>> live within visiting range could start turning up and asking about >>> pre-installed Ubuntu. ;-) >> >>> mac >> >> Would registering interest via email, for those of us with domains we >> could fake a few *interests* from fake emails, help at all? I don't >> think it's technically illegal, as we own the domain. > > This sounds quite unethical and quite risky. Here's the scenario: > > Business receives a number of 'fake' e-mails > Business thinks there is more interest than there really is. > Business makes some investments based on this false level of interest. > Expected income is not forthcoming. > Business in trouble, James (and others) lose their jobs. > > Just my thought on the subject! > > Regards, > Tony. > -- > Tony Arnold, Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 > Head of IT Security, Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 > University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 > Manchester M13 9PL. Email: > [email protected] > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
