Software Freedom Day

[Dave Briggs]

This is great stuff, excellent to hear you had such a positive response.

To make up CLUG cards, moo.com might be some good guys to try - they
like to support stuff like this so could probably offer a discount.
They do stickers etc too, which might be cool.

Dave

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 11:58 AM, hjenkins <hjenkins at uvic.ca> wrote:
> Well, we gave away all 50 OpenDisks in the first two hours. I think that
> can be counted as a success.
>
> After I left with some CDs & leaflets and went to an 11am appointment, I
> walked up Mill Road with them. The pedestrians were all really rushed, so
> I tried stores. I hope this is legal. Notes:
>
> People walking past on the street are busy going somewhere. Store clerks
> in dead-quiet shops are bored stiff and really happy to talk to someone at
> length. Not one was uninterested (I skipped shops with customers).
>
> People in new-agey shops are suddenly all for you when you say "gift
> economy".
>
> People in low-profit-margin shops are REALLY interested. Part of an
> exchange with the owner/manager of an independent food shop, about a
> Ubuntu CD, ran something like this:
> "...This is an complete operating system..."
> "So this is like Windows?"
> "You can run a computer with it just like Windows...[summary of install]"
> "So, does this have all the Windows programs?"
> "No, but it has programs that do the same things. For instance, Open
> Office..."
> "And it's free?"
> "Yes, and you can make as many copies as you like."
> Thoughtful pause.
> "Thank you very much. I will try it."
> One owner in an internet cafe had heard of open-source and was delighted
> to have a Ubuntu CD. He photocopied my last leaflet and said that he was
> glad he'd talked to me.
>
> I gave away all my materials before 1 and got back to Market Square around
> 1:30.
>
> I really liked doing this. Giving things to people is fun. Is there any
> sort of student orientation/clubs fair that we could do this at? I'd
> volunteer to organize it.
>
> Things that would be nice for next time:
> A CLUG card
> Seperate explanation leaflets geared at private individuals and managers,
> with addresses for www.theopendisk.com etc.. The leaflet was great, but I
> got a lot of other questions too.
>
> Finally, since there seem to be no objections, I'll post CLUG on the sites
> that people have mentioned sometime this week.
>
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