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On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 09:46 +0000, Rob Beard wrote: > On the other hand I'm in discussions with my kids school's PTA about > selling copies of the OpenDisc at the school for say a pound each with > profits going to the school. A quid a disc is certainly cheaper than > what Microsoft are charging for Office 2007 (even the Office 2007 > Ultimate edition they are offering students at £38!). > >> Maybe next year when I visit Hayle on holiday I'll have to pop into > >> Penzance Computers (we passed it when we went for a day trip to > >> Penzance, but didn't have time to pop in). > >> > > Good idea. They are very friendly there. They also have a branch in > > Camborne now but that's just a shop. In Pz there are computers (they > > have let us install a distro on the day) plus wifi (free to us on a FSW > > day) plus coffee. > > > Sounds good. Hello again I had a chat with Stephen at Pz Computers. They are selling copies of OOo3 and Audacity for £4.99 - these are the most in demand. They have a cover advertising them and an "Open Source" logo. I offered the Open Disc iso on your behalf and he jumped at it. I suggested we have a mini-sheet listing all the software with a line on each one with perhaps a url for the developer's site. I think we should have an different logo on the front at least emphasising freedom. Perhaps the info sheet could have a sentence or two explaining that freedom to modify and redistribute code has given power to millions of developers to improve all the programmes so that we can all benefit with a link to the FSWF and any other useful links for info. Additionally, it is all platform agnostic so it is "non-sectarian". Is this something you'd be prepared to do for it? The case is like the video dvd's in size - rectangular. Perhaps we could also knock up an advert for display in the shop window? Otherwise send me a list of the software in the iso and I'll try to knock one up. I have plenty to do at home and I am behind on my honey extraction, so would prefer if someone else operates. Stephen is very positive about GNU/Linux and has sold refurbished computers with a Linux on, he was proud to set a local customer up with a FSW telephone setup (not asterisk) and took to my suggestion that he gets it up on his web site. He is aloso pleased with our link with him, and I am sure would host another Sunday meet in his Internet cafe/workshop. His assistant in the shop uses Linux and showed me his netbook with a touch screen added. Aklas, I saw no Linux machine for sale. James -- james kilty http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html