[Marketing] [IAEP] zareason offering ubuntu on a strick

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 16:50, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> This part is especially interesting:

Some more info about ZaReason, I find interesting the reference to
OLPC and Partimus:

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/05/27/zareason-preparing-ubuntu-server-netbook/

Regards,

Tomeu

> "In the spirit of open source, we are offering Ubuntu or any other
> distro that you would like to see. If you want a distro that we don't
> already list, please email us at  stickylinux at zareason.com and we'll
> see what we can do to add your distro to the list."
>
> What makes it work is that they evacuate our problem of multiple stick
> vendors; much easier for them to do QC on a single stick make and
> model - even if the manufacturer makes a running change, if they work
> closely together they can test a new model.
>
> Karlie at on-disk.com has been offering the SoaS beta basically at
> cost, I think getting SoaS listed with such suppliers (perhaps in
> branded/nonbranded variants) is an excellent approach.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 4:40 PM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>> Here is an interesting link.
>>
>> http://www.zareason.com/shop/product.php?productid=16204&cat=0&page=1
>>
>> ZaReason, a linux hardware reseller, is offering ubuntu on a stick for
>> $39.00 for a four gig stick.  They call it sticky linux:)
>>
>> ZaReason is an ubuntu shop.  Ubuntu is not well regarded for pushing
>> improvements back upstream.  On the other hand, every linux on usb
>> user drives the product forward.
>>
>> david
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